Yad Mordechai. Those who fell herestill look out the windows like sick childrenwho are...
Yehuda Amichai
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Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, who wrote in colloquial Hebrew and explored themes of life, death, love, and war. He was born in Germany in 1924 and immigrated to Palestine in 1935, where he fought in several wars and became a prominent literary figure. He received many awards and honors, both in Israel and internationally, and was considered one of the greatest modern poets of his time. |
Near the wall of a house paintedto look like stone,I saw visions of God....
On Rabbi Kook’s StreetI walk without this good man–A streiml he wore for prayerA...
I know a manwho photographed the view he sawfrom the window of the room...
And we shall not get excited. Because a translatorMay not get excited. Calmly, we...
A night drive to Ein Yahav in the Arava Desert,a drive in the rain....
An Arab shepherd is searching for his goat on Mount ZionAnd on the opposite...
God-Full-of-Mercy, the prayer for the dead.If God was not full of mercy,Mercy would have...
On a roof in the Old CityLaundry hanging in the late afternoon sunlight:The white...
If I forget thee, Jerusalem,Then let my right be forgotten.Let my right be forgotten,...