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O the Chimneys
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And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.—Job 19:26O the chimneysOn the ingeniously devised habitations of deathWhen Israel’s body drifted as smokeThrough the…

Contributor:

Nelly Sachs

Places:

Stockholm, Sweden

Date:

1947

Subjects:

Death, Holocaust, Bible, Antisemitism, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Poetry
But Who Emptied Your Shoes of Sand
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But who emptied your shoes of sandWhen you had to get up, to die?The sand which Israel gathered,Its nomad sand?Burning Sinai sand,Mingled with throats of nightingales,Mingled with wings of butterflies…

Contributor:

Nelly Sachs

Places:

Stockholm, Sweden

Date:

1947

Subjects:

Death, Jewish identity, Holocaust, Migration, Memorial

Categories:

Literature, Poetry