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The Funeral’s Early...
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In Jewish folklore the sight of a water carrier bearing one or two full pails is an omen of good fortune; empty pails foretell bad fortune. The funeral’s early, the concert is late.I go to both (such…

Contributor:

Abraham Sutzkever

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1975

Subjects:

Mourning, Burial, Death, Sex, Gender

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry, Literature
Abishag
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Abishag. Little, young, warm Abishag. Shout into the street: King David is not yet dead. But King David wants to sleep and they won’t let him. Adoniyahu with his gang shout my crown off my gray head…

Contributor:

Jacob Glatstein

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

1926

Subjects:

Death, Music, Women, Gender, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Poetry