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To the wheel that turns the river’s waters
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To the wheel that turns the river’s waters And brings them upward from the flowing deep, I sing this song, a song to banish sorrow. For all who love and cherish and desire The ways of poetry and…

Contributor:

Solomon Mazal Tov

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)

Date:

Mid-16th Century

Subjects:

Poetry, Poets, Philosophy, Ecology

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry
The Woman Poet
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You hold me now completely in your hands My heart beats like a frightened little bird’s Against your palm. Take heed! You do not think A person lives within the page you thumb. To you this book is…

Contributor:

Gertrud Kolmar

Places:

Berlin, Weimar Republic (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1932

Subjects:

Print, Women, Poetry, Philosophy

Categories:

Poetry
Song for Hannah Arendt
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Out of being torn apart comes art. Out of being split in two comes me and you. HA HA! Out of being torn in three comes a logical poetry. (She laughed but not at poetry.) Out of the essential…

Contributor:

David Shapiro

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Date:

2002

Subjects:

Philosophy, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry
The Dance before the Ark
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The fire of joy in solitude. . . And since in vain I have made this journey,The ground giving way to my burning steps,Let me embrace this ardorIn abstract revelry* * *

Contributor:

Henri Franck

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Philosophy, Bible, Allegory, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
How Do You Do, Dolores?
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I have to hide the secrets that I learn from the alley cats. First. That the Creation was far quieter than we assume. Second. The opposite reversal of things. The stripes in the lens. The thoughts…

Contributor:

Yoel Hoffman

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1995

Subjects:

Philosophy, Poetry, Music, Animals, Fiction

Categories:

Fiction, Poetry