Poetry Archives – Jewish Currents

Poetry

Beys

October 30, 2020 Anthony Russell

“The history of our houses is a history of dissolution, like vows on Kol Nidre”

Poetry

From “When the World Stopped Touching: Mothers’ Letters Through Pandemic”

October 16, 2020 Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach , Luisa Muradyan

“Help, / still something / we refuse we need.”

Poetry

For Louise Glück

October 12, 2020 Gabrielle Bates

A triptych honoring Louise Glück's Nobel win

Poetry

Music Practice

October 2, 2020 Valzhyna Mort

“What could a tongue remember after loss and hunger?”

Poetry

Strike

September 18, 2020 Gioconda Belli

“I want a giant strike, / that extends even to love.”

Poetry

We went through days . . .

September 4, 2020 Anna Margolin

“We went through days as if we went through wind-blown gardens.”

Poetry

The Only Conversation

August 21, 2020 Ben Purkert

“look how the tide / lifts the boat by / consoling it”

Poetry

Anniversary

August 7, 2020 Carina del Valle Schorske

“I keep quiet // but the wind still stumbles through the psalm // we wrote together.”

Poetry

Invasive Species

July 24, 2020 Carl Phillips

“Little song years remastering truth / now begins its own truth”

Poetry

Provisions #8: “If I could just leave the old things to their trembling”

July 20, 2020 Christina Sharpe , Angel Nafis, Ken Chen

Meditations in a crisis on poems by Canisia Lubrin, Wisława Szymborska, and Kenyan Freedom Fighters.

California Compromises on Ethnic Studies

The Settlers’ Man in Florida

The Future of Jewish News

A Pickle-Shaped Void

The Sound of Messianic Time

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Category Archives: Poetry

Poetry

Beys

Poetry

From “When the World Stopped Touching: Mothers’ Letters Through Pandemic”

Poetry

For Louise Glück

Poetry

Music Practice

Poetry

Strike

Poetry

We went through days . . .

Poetry

The Only Conversation

Poetry

Anniversary

Poetry

Invasive Species

Poetry

Provisions #8: “If I could just leave the old things to their trembling”

Further Reading

California Compromises on Ethnic Studies

The Settlers’ Man in Florida

The Future of Jewish News

A Pickle-Shaped Void

The Sound of Messianic Time

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