Topic Tags: Ukraine

“Soft layers of quiet are my dowry…”

“We created this mayhem in the night time / because our hearts were full of fear,” and now we must live in its shadow.

“May the power of the many outweigh the hubris of the few…”

“I want to be carried into a deep, deep salty sea of sound, rhythm, in tune with oceanic harmonies…”

“All that remains to me / of my family’s life in Ukraine… / are four silver kiddush cups…”

“On the land / we were forbidden to light / candles, they now burn / under rocket-fire”

“As this day begins its dark descent / our tongues go dry again”

“But there’s the funnyman, the Jew / with stubbled jaw and haunted eyes”

“My grandparents / spoke Yiddish on muddy streets”

“Because they left / We live.”