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My Blue Piano
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At home I have a blue piano, I, who cannot play a note. It stands in the gloom of the cellar door, now that the world has grown coarse. The four hands of the stars play there —the moonwife sang…

Contributor:

Else Lasker-Schüler

Places:

Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1943

Subjects:

Theology, Mourning, Food and drink, Music, Death, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
Praise of the Woman’s Body
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Ah, you are fair, my darling, Ah, you are fair. Your eyes are like doves Behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats Streaming down Mount Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Climbi…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Hellenistic Period, 4th–2nd Century BCE

Subjects:

Love, Sexuality, Animals, Food and drink, Aesthetics, Poetry

Categories:

Lists & catalogues, Biblical poetry, Poetry
Late Adar
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Like the golden bangles on the arms of a Bedouin woman, the hills of Gilboa bind their bracelets about the valley of Jezreel in the golden hours of late Adar evenings. Then do the women go down to…

Contributor:

Abraham Shlonsky

Places:

Kibbutz Ein Harod, Mandate Palestine (‘En H̱arod - Meuhad, Israel)

Date:

1921

Subjects:

Women, Food and drink, Love, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry