The Harp
POETRY FORMAT, 15 Aug 2016
Anna Banasiak – TRANSCEND Media Service
In Memory of A. J. Heschel
Jerusalem
I hear the yearning in Your voice
Rashi’s commentaries are hidden in the rustle of trees
the stones are full of mystical light
music seeps in the garden of sounds
the Psalms of David echo eternity
In the shadows of the past
I find the promise
of peace
the harp drowns out
the cry of war
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Anna Banasiak is a poet and literary critic from Lodz, Poland. She studied Polish philology and culture studies at the University of Warsaw. She is the winner of poetry competitions in Berlin, London and Bratislava. Her poems have appeared online in New York, London, Surrey, Australia, Canada, India and South Africa.
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