Requiem: & Other Poems

by Aharon Shabtai and Peter Cole

In the incantatory "I'm Sad," the great Israeli poet Aharon Shabtai wails: "I'm sad, / sad, sad /about the dead, /I'm sad /about the dead /about the dead, /about the wounded, /sad /about the homes / sad, /sad, sad /also about the fork /thrown onto the floor, /about the bulbs, /burnt-out and broken /or left behind, /still alive / dangling from the ceiling ..." Long one of the most outspoken Israeli critics of his government's treatment of the Palestinians,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811239314
• ISBN13: 9780811239318
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 96 Pages