week of April 24-30, 2006
Our Eighth annual Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) issue.
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Charles Fishman
carolus@optonline.net
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Dr Charles Adés Fishman is a Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Distinguished Speakers Program at Farmingdale State University He is also the Poetry Editor of New Works Review He has edited the book “Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust” and is the author of “Country of Memory”, “5,000 Bells” (2004), and “Chopin’s Piano” (2006) Visit Charles on the web here: www.charlesfishman.com
The following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by Charles Fishman and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
Baby Carriages in Birkenau into deep water When they nudged those small ships but they sailed their craft across oceans It was Sunday in June .yet these ghost galleons from Charles Fishman’s book “Chopin’s Piano” |
David Whippman
ascentaspirations@shaw.ca
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‘m in my fifties, have worked mostly as a psychiatric nurse I live in Lancashire, UK This is one of the few works of mine that has a specifically Jewish theme.
The following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by David Whippman and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
Eichmann Answers Hannah Hannah, we have so much in common Both of us Philosopher, you see I look like one of your own kind Jewess, my building is rubble
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Gordon Ames Keller
gordonkeller@prodigy.net
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Gordon Ames Keller resides in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Cadence I remember cold Mottel held the Torah fast Her daughter-in-law wailed Trees accepted the fall |
Helen Bar-Lev
hbarlev@netvision.net.il
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Helen Bar-Lev was born in New York City in 1942 She has lived in Israel for 35 years She holds a degree in Anthropology from California State University, Northridge, 1972 Since 1976 she has devoted herself to art: painting, teaching and writing poetry From 1989 until 2001 she was a member of the Safad Artists’ Colony in the Upper Galilee where she had her own gallery Today she paints and teaches in Jerusalem To date Bar-Lev has participated in 80 exhibitions, including 30 one-person shows Her poems and paintings have appeared in many online journals such as Other Voices, The Coffee Press Journal, Boheme Magazine, The Poetry Bridge, and also anthologies, including Voices Israel Anthology, Manifold Magazine of New Poetry, Lucidity Poetry Journal and Across The Long Bridge, An Anthology of Award-Winning Poetry Helen is a member of Voices Israel English Poetry Society and The Israel Artists’ and Sculptors’ Association She is the global correspondent for Israel for the Poetry Bridge and Editor-in-Chief of the Voices Israel Anthology
http://www.helenbarlev.com/The following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by Helen Bar-Lev and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
Just Above the House Right here today and then informs us of the capture next week |
Imani Tolliver
imanitolliver@yahoo.com
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Imani Tolliver is a native Californian, poet, visual artist, educator, arts advocate and has served as a consultant to community organizations, museums and educators. She is a graduate of Howard University where she studied English Literature and African-American Studies During her studies, she was awarded a Lannon Literary Fellowship at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the John J Wright Literary Award and is a graduate fellow of Cave Canem African-American Writer‚s Workshop and Retreat She has been a featured poet across the country, including the Nuyorican Poet‚s Café, the Smithsonian Institution, Beyond Baroque, the World Stage Performance Gallery, the Autry National Center, and the Los Angeles Central Library Find her published poetry in several anthologies and journals, including Cave Canem II, IV, and V, Jones Juke Joint Magic, The Flow: New Black Poetry in Motion, Ghettoes are not Beautiful, Black Love, The Drumming Between Us ˆ A Poetry Journal, Drum Voices Review, Step Into A World- A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature, Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Beyond the Frontier, Beyond the Valley of the Contemporary Poets, and the forthcoming, Poetry is not a Luxury: LA Women of Color and Voices from Leimert Park. Read her work on-line at www.getunderground.com, www.allaboutjazz.com, and www.poeticdiversity.org
Visit her space on the web: www.myspace.com/imani_tolliverThe following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by Imani Tolliver and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
my man my man is a white boy in a club too scared to ask me to dance i am dancing my man is the brother i am afraid to love he studies the koran, the bible and the law he misses getting up late on sundays my man misses subtle feelings like that yes, my man is the brother locked up on fairfax, hassidim wear their best shoes on saturday the men who walk beside them to their right and left are the locks that mark their lives my man is the uncle without a bride he is the young uncle everyone loves her name forgotten passed and passed, hand by hand this is my man my man and i are so close now my man comes in fragments |
James D Babwe
jjones101@sbcglobal.net
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James D Babwe lives in Encinitas, CA. His mother was Jewish and his father was raised by Christian Scientists Sometimes he jokes about being brought up to be a doctor he would not be allowed to visit He remembers his great grandmother’s tatoo He knows she did not belong to a gang of outlaw bikers.
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Vodka Newly released from darkness, |
Jan Theuninck
jan.theuninck@belgacom.net
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Jan Theuninck (born June 7, 1954), is a Belgian painter and poet Although born in Zonnebeke, Belgium, and a native speaker of Dutch, he writes in French and occasionally English His painting is abstract, falling somewhere between minimalism and monochrome expressionism As a painter, he has been influenced by Ellsworth Kelly and Joan Miró His work in both media is guided by his social and political convictions, dealing with topics such as colonialism old and new, mass and society, and pacifism.
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Red River the train was too late |
Lynn Strongin
yosunt@shaw.ca
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Lynn Strongin (b 1939 NYC to parents of Eastern European Jewry) grew up in and around NYC Early studies in musical composition led to writing Worked for Denise Levertov, the Sixties, in politically active Berkeley Began publishing in anthologies WIll have 12 books out by mid-2006, among them the anthology The Sorrow Psalms:A Book of Twentieth Century Elegy (University of Iowa Press, June 2006 ) Poems in over thirty anthologies, seventy journals–Poetry, Prairie Schooner, Confrontation, Shenandoah, Southern Humanities Review, Prism International (Canada) Storie (Italy) Niedergasse (Switzerland ) Featured poet in seven journals Work recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in “The Dublin Quarterly ” Two PEN grants, one NEA Creative Writing Grant Work translate dinto German and Italian, published in Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Switzerland, England.
The following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by Lynn Strongin and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
What a Waste of World
O Lord of burning, how permit this conflagration? At intervals through day, glancing at sun through barbed wire birds, Fifty springs ago, you were a girl opening a new cake of lustrous rosin At Yom Kippur air was flammable kerosene Then you were taken * This, walking from the beginning, Whiteout love’s name snow had fallen during night It was in brick crevices
Bleeding thru the roses on your quilted vest, Old Father, his pipes & leathers, old Mother, her yarns of colors
To have lain with a boy came later, was haven But early in childhood Fire bit the legs off the horse Shvesterlein kissed the cheeks from the doll Ishmael knocking at the gate, shivering You knew |
Margaret Brown-Bailey
brownbailey@earthlink.net
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Margaret Brown-Bailey, a new York Resident, became a writer at the tender age of nine years old She first started writing recipes, which were published in the book, “The Potpourri Of Cookery”, the sixth edition in 1978 Margaret then graduated to writing poetry and children’s stories when she was thirteen years old After a long sabbatical, which she used to accomplish her goals of education She started writing more ferociously in 1996 Ms Brown-Bailey has become an accomplished poet and writer of all genres Her poetry was recently featured in an Australian publication called, “Metro Seven” She currently has work displayed on the following websites, Jamaicans.com, keepitcoming.net, poetryinacup.org and everypoet.com Her repertoire includes being published in several anthologies by the International Library of Poets and The Famous Poets Society In March 2003, she was the winner of the Universal Artists’ Slogan Writers’ Contest She has gained notoriety with her “My Granny” serial on jamaicans.com website and her literary soap opera on keepitcoming.net Her credits in 2004 included, receiving an honorable mention in the Poetry In A Cup Spring Contest Her poem “Moments In Spring” won rave reviews She was also the winner of the FictionAddiction.NET Assignment:Writing Challenge for the second quarter of 2004.
In May 2006, her poetry book “Life Is Never What You Think ” debuted on Poetry Super Highway’s Great E-Book Free-For-All Margaret Brown-Bailey enjoys writing, and utilizes her writing skills to create social awareness and change.
The following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by Margaret Brown-Bailey and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
Where Was Moses? Where was moses when Hitler had his reign? |
Michael Virga
mavbuon@hotmail.com
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Michael Virga is a cyber-poet In his home-city of Birmingham(Alabama), he is the Instructor at the Museum School for POETRY in the GALLERIES His poems have appeared in various collegiate & professional electric & print journals, including Stirring, AMAZE, MELIC REVIEW (XXIII & XXVII) He is an IBPC Honorable Mention: March 2001, 2004, 2006.
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an icon stitched in time Esther don’t worry you will cross the river you will be safe Esther “Oh Zayde, I see Grandfather |
Dr Ralph Tieszen
rtieszen@bellsouth.net
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Dr Ralph Tieszen & his wife reside in Vestavia, Alabama He is certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics He has been involved with Poetry since 1995.
The following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by Dr Ralph Tieszen and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
Das Anchloss (The Attack) blue sky branches scrape walls near by comes by sundown war is done |
Sharon Esther Lampert
princesskadimah@hotmail.com
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Sharon Esther Lampert, is a famous poet, philosopher, and educator She is the Sexiest Creative Genius in Human History She has a POETRY WORLD RECORD of 12) words of rhyme from one family of rhyme In philosophy, she created the 40 Absolute Truths of “The Theory of Reality ” In religion , she created “The 22 Commandments” a universal moral compass for all people, for all religions, and for all time In education, she created the ACANDY Study Skills and she is the only expert in the country that can transform an F student into an A student There are many more contributions and a movie is in the works, entitled, A Complicated Woman “
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A Survivor’s Burden A Memorial Tribute in Poetry to Simon Wiesenthal After six million Jews were silenced: After six million Jews were silenced: After six million Jews were silenced: After six million Jews were silenced: |
Stewart Findlay
stewartfindlay@btinternet.com
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Stewart Findlay is a Guitar teacher from Scotland Occasionally he writes Poetry (as the Muse dictates) His work has been published in an anthology by United Press: Body and Soul;
and posted on various web sites.The following work is Copyright © 2006, and owned by Stewart Findlay and may not be distributed or reprinted in any form whatsoever without written permission from the author.
there rose at auschwitz natural resources a shower of gas to wash away the past the chimney flowers a singular power |
Tom Berman
berman@amiad.org.il
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Tom Berman :I have been a member of Kibbutz Amiad in the Upper Galilee, Israel for over 50 years I am a scientist (aquatic microbiology) and most of my research has been focused on the Sea of Galilee (a.k.a Lake Kinneret) I grew up and attended school in Glasgow, Scotland having arrived there aged 5 from Czechoslovakia with the Kindertransport in 1939 Further education was in the U.S at Rutgers University and at M.I.T I am married with one wife, three daughters, six granddaughters, a grandson and a mongrel dog Most of my publications to date have been scientific but now and again I have had a poem appear in press or on the Web Amazon.com are still trying to dispose of my first book of poems (Shards, a Handful of Verse).
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Terry, Czechoslovakia 1940 Together we were pups I remember you Chases in the garden We grew together You had other friends One day you were gone I escaped home To a cold scent |
Trish Shields
bard@subee.com
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Trish Shields has studied Fine Arts and creative writing Her first book of poetry was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award Her poetry and short stories are published internationally Trish’s first novel, Inferno, was on The Open Book’s best seller’s list for 2004 She lives in Courtenay on Vancouver Island, BC.
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wannsee over the span of an hour while the winter in their hearts fifteen men discuss cold meats absolution wine flows thick and red after presents are already resolution toasted over bone china |