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  February 2008     1 day ago

Submitted Poems 22 total

The View from Halfway Down

The weak breeze whispers nothing
the water screams sublime.
His feet shift, teeter-totter
deep breaths, stand back, it’s time.

Toes untouch the overpass
soon he’s water-bound.
Eyes locked shut but peek to see
the view from halfway down.

...

– by Lenny Turteltaub

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added 29 days ago
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There’s No Power Like Home

We were sick of home,
Home sick.
That mask around our ear
Hung itself into the year.
Once we stepped into our home,
We found ourselves gasping, tear-
ing it off like a bandage,
Like something that gauzed
The great gape of our mouth. ...

– by Amanda Gorman

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added 10 months ago
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פסק הדין

הִנֵּה יוֹשֵׁב פֹּה, הִנֵּהוּ.
עַל סַפְסַל הַנֶּאֱשָׁמִים בְּכִסְאֶהוּ,
אָדוֹלְף אַיְכְמָן – שְׁמוֹ זֶהוּ.

וּמִתְּהוֹם עָבָר עוֹלִים
שֵׁשֶׁת הַמִּילְיוֹנִים
וְאֶל שׁוֹפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵם פּוֹנִים:

שׁוֹפְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, שׁוֹפְטֵינוּ,
...

– by אסתר גלזר

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added 1 year ago
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יחי

ייע...

– by ייע

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added 1 year ago
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You

Hello there you
Yes dear, I’m talking to you
Can we make it...

– by Yigal Ben Efraim

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added 2 years ago
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