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  February 2008     17 hours ago

Submitted Poems 20 total

My car

I would like to drive my car
Can you drive a car?
Are you...

– by Anonymous

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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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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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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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My Heart Is in the East

My heart is in the east,
and I am in the distant west.

How can I taste what I eat,
and how can it be sweet?

How can I fulfill by vows and oaths,
as long as Zion is in the chains of Edom,
and I am in the binds of the...

– by Judah Halevi

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added 2 years ago
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