Topic Tags: war

“She’s 19 years old, / younger than my children, / older than my grandchildren: Noa Marciano…”

“we remind ourselves / of eternal light at the core / of the universe”

A poem marking the 40th day of fighting after the attacks on October 7th.

“I am left with only my own thinking heart / in this nightmare humanity has dreamt / for itself.”

“Seeking an impossible calm, we bed / down our gardens for the winter, / wishing we too could sleep soundly.”

This powerful poem was written during the Yom Kippur war in 1973.

“Today, I call for hope. / Tomorrow, I call for peace. / Forever, I call for justice”

The poet frames the loss of life in Israel and in Gaze with this powerful liturgy