Shalom

Jessie E. Sampter 1883 (New York City) – 1938 (Kibbutz Givat Brenner)



I saw a picture of a street,
     A Jewish street in Palestine,
Where Jewish families like to meet
     On Yom-tov, when the day is fine.

The little houses were their own,
     The sun, I knew, was shining clear
Because I saw their shadows thrown,
     And what they said I tried to hear.

My heart with longing almost broke
     Because I heard them: they were home,
And Hebrew was the tongue they spoke,
     And one I heard. He said, “Shalom!”
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Submitted by naama on July 13, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 438
Words 80
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Jessie E. Sampter

Educator, Poet. Language. English, Hebrew. Jessie Sampter (March 22, 1883 - 1938) was a Jewish educator, poet, and Zionist pioneer. She was born in New York City and immigrated to Palestine in 1919. more…

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