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Everyone loved . . . it was a plague
of infatuation, of kisses;
But the people soon became quiet,
the mothers were already nursing.
The drum of youth was laid
in the corner, and the…
Contributor:
Jacob Steinberg
Places:
Bern, Switzerland (Switzerland)
Lucerne, Switzerland (Switzerland)
Date:
1909
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Your glory, O Israel,
Lies slain on your heights;
How have the mighty fallen!
Tell it not in Gath,
Do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon,
Lest the daughters of the Philistine rejoice,
Les…
Places:
Land of Israel (Israel)
Date:
Biblical Period
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We left slowly. The night was pale.
In the distance the lights flickered.
And you were all loveliness like your two eyes
With tears cupped in them.
The jackal howled as you went to the vineyard
You…
Contributor:
Haim Hefer
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Date:
1948
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On a night like this if a shudder were to shake your flesh as though a nightmare
had severed your sleep I could have risen and quietly walked to the kitchen
to write you a poem that would bring you…
Contributor:
Yitzhak Laor
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1982