Friday, April 16, 2010

The Alphabet Comments

Rating: 3.1

The letters of the Jews as strict as flames
Or little terrible flowers lean
Stubbornly upwards through the perfect ages,
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Karl Shapiro
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Susan Williams 07 August 2016

There is a edgy beauty in these lines- -the silhouette of the Jew has moved across every age of man, he has been the chosen tribe of God, he has been the protector of culture, the shepherd of the hills, the downtrodden, the despised, the persecuted, the murdered.... I like this poem very much for standing up for his heritage.

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Edward Kofi Louis 07 August 2016

This burning bush of life! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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