Job (Rachel Korn Poems)
As if heaven openedin a downpour of scabs and cursesthat washed my blessings offand made me stand before you naked.Loneliness ...
Rachel Korn Poems (59 Poems)
The Housemaid (Rachel Korn Poems)
The orchards of her homeStill blossom in her glancesAnd in her dreams great flocksOf geese are feathered;She used to drive ...
Crazy Levi (Rachel Korn Poems)
And no one knows what became of him, Crazy Levi,who tied the roadsfrom Yaverev to Moshtsiskto Samber to Greyding in ...
Generations (For My Daughter) (Rachel Korn Poems)
Loving another, yet she married my father.That other portrait faded with the years.From her album paged in musty velvetShimmered forth ...
Passover Eve (Rachel Korn Poems)
I cannot rise from bedTo open the doorFor thee.Like saddled horsesMy crutches lean against the wallWaiting for someone's handsTo guide ...
Arthur Ziegelboim (Rachel Korn Poems)
When was your immortal deed set and sealed?Or, could it have been a childish dreamThat came as a sinister messageInto ...
Encounter (Rachel Korn Poems)
That's how they met,In a dream in the night,The young girl with loose, flying hairAnd the woman on toward sixty.The ...
The Beginning Of A Poem (Rachel Korn Poems)
It is fear, it is threat not to speak of,It is standing on the threshold of pain,It is the figure ...
Paper Roses (Rachel Korn Poems)
Age and years of work showed in Lazer's handsand the eyes and breasts of his second wife were young-the paper ...
To My Daughter (Rachel Korn Poems)
When I led you out, the earth spurted blood and terrorwith every step we took,the greatest good was sudden death,and ...
Poem’s Beginning (Rachel Korn Poems)
It's a dread and endless fright,A threshold of pain and grief,A something standing at the door,Wrapped in the gray, thick ...
My Hand (Rachel Korn Poems)
My hand forgot to stroke your head,Was left suspended in the air,Like a mute and frozen cry-While like a small ...
Lot’s Wife (Rachel Korn Poems)
I wasn't brave enough to turnwhen my home was burnedand my happiness was torn away.I envy youfor turning in mid-flightturning ...
East (Rachel Korn Poems)
In this direction my father turned his face,With his prayer shawl over his head.Here are the fields and forestsHe walked ...
My Town (Rachel Korn Poems)
My town always yearnsFor you-Streets, like lipsWant to fall where you have walked.The trees before my window dream of youOn ...
Home (Rachel Korn Poems)
How many years have passedsince I stepped across the thresholdfor the last time?A bridal canopy of turbid smokehas spanned itselfabove ...
Die 31 Kemlen (Rachel Korn Poems)
Es messten durch Sahara's weiss zeglihte SamdenEinundreissig Kemlen schwer belodenMit der Masse vun mein nischt gestilltenBenkenisch,Mit'n Oizar vun geheiligt Hoffen.Loifen ...
Dusk At The Sea (Rachel Korn Poems)
Sunsets arelike the last hemorrhageof a consumptive,that floods the sky'sWestern rim,and embraces sorrow'sdecline,at the scarlet-red ribbon.The palm treeswith the oncoming ...
Once (Rachel Korn Poems)
Once your word was a home for meWith windows and doors open to bliss,And I knew- there was no distanceFrom ...
Berl’s Cow (Rachel Korn Poems)
He sold the one-horned cowand let the money blow through his fingerslike so much spiderweb.Ever since, the stall has been ...
Don’t Shame My Word (Rachel Korn Poems)
Don't Shame my word that tears itself to youas you tell us not to shame a poor man's handdon't humble ...
Coral Trees (Rachel Korn Poems)
Sandalwood-trees with silver-grey stems-Are the first to burst aflame,As if no longer fearingTo be cheated of their birthright,In haste and ...
My Hands (Rachel Korn Poems)
My hands-Two worlds,With straight, and crooked linesOf rivers, mountains and valleysThrough narrow, tapering gullys,Carved by thousands of yearsMy fate flows, ...
When I Left You (Rachel Korn Poems)
You noticed a smile on my face,And you measured my life outIn yards of blissful daysWhich wait somewhere for me.And ...
Stitchings (Rachel Korn Poems)
Every hour needles pierce the heart,And make it bleed like the deep crimson of red silkOn cool, white-linen flesh.And a ...
I’m Still Prodigal (Rachel Korn Poems)
I'm still as spendthriftAs ever I have been.However few hours fate will leave me,Though I must ponder that solemn hour,At ...
I’d Love To Meet Your Mother Once (Rachel Korn Poems)
I'd Love to meet your mother onceAnd kiss her hands.No doubt she'd find you in my eyesAnd all your words ...
Put Your Word To My Lips (Rachel Korn Poems)
Put the word to my lipslike a signature at the end of a page.send me - where? I don't know ...
Beads (Rachel Korn Poems)
Give me my friend, a necklace of beads-My bare throatLongs for smooth, yellow amber,The tears of an old primeval forest.Their ...
I Am Standing At The Noontime (Rachel Korn Poems)
I am standing at the noontime of your life,A stalk bent with fullness in the middle of a field,Which has ...