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The fable tells us
that the Jews bought for themselves
a private place in hell.
In the first circle,
seated on a wooden bench,
Karl Marx fans himself with his hand.
The prophet Jeremiah
fights off…
Contributor:
Isaac Goldemberg
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1973
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Dedicated to the Great Lord of Hosts.
Supreme and merciful God,
my affection to Your lofty and just compassion
dedicates to You today
the exordia of my muse.
Protect, immense Lord,
my coarse and…
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David del Valle Saldaña
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1733
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I certainly had an obscure childhood
but intensely my own,
a childhood which wanted to be dashing
but had the features of a caricature.
Yes, a caricature. For example:
that absurd love for Sophie,…
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César Tiempo
Places:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1933
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Reb Menashe Dorogofsky
what beautiful girls you have!
the brunette enchants me,
also, the red-head.
The trampled plants of our century
spring again from their feet
the curve of the Hebrew sky
which…
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César Tiempo
Places:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1933
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At the time for words, father, my adonai, leave it in my hands, the
shame that I don’t feel, and assign to me the job of justification,
what they call history.
The fact is that every land has its…
Contributor:
Luisa Futoransky
Places:
Rome, Italy
Date:
1972
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Here is the infamous [city] gate,
the one of the olive branch and the sword,
for those who leave, it is so closed
and for those who enter, so open.
If in you peace is exiled
you cannot offer that…
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João Pinto Delgado
Places:
Antwerp, Dutch Republic (Antwerp, Belgium)
Date:
17th Century
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Israel is rejuvenated like the majestic
Eagle, in the Sapphire of faithfulness,
Flying in the goodness of observance,
Its gaze fixed on the…
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Daniel Levi de Barrios
Places:
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1688
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At the time when the florid season,
joyful springtime of life,
the tender infancy of its ardent age,
made its first step in the Orient
placing flower before Aprils
to my first juvenile…
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Diego Basurto Henríquez
Places:
Rouen, France
Date:
1649
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With you, it is not impossible to define
creatures and things with the simplicity
of the fish whose scales streak the sea with blue and gold,
Or of the sea itself that swells with the gracefulness of…
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César Tiempo
Places:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1933
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Dedicated to my friend Ignacio Móntes de Oca.
Why, if summer strips the garden
Of flowers and verdant foliage,
Does Spring so generously restore
Lush greenery, soft flowers,
And brilliant color;
An…
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Salomón López Fonseca
Places:
Coro, Venezuela
Date:
1877