Type: Poem

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Wave foam gently laps against black pebbles on a beach.

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retro clock face
Sounding a note of optimism
bright green wet leaves

A poem of release and acceptance

three autumn leaves

From the Jewish-Hungarian poet most widely known for “Eli, Eli”

Clouds, Moon and Stars
A poem about the metaphorical seeds a grandfather sowed for his descendants
zayde in chair smiling
“Move to the front—of the line—a voice says…”
open gate
A poem describing the ritual of removing the tzitzit from a dead person’s tallit and giving them to his or her beloveds prior to burial
A person wearing a tallit reads from an open book while seated on a wooden bench.
“I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground./ So it is, and so it will be…”
man bringing flowers to grave in cemetery

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