Poems by Yehuda Amichai
Jerusalem
... Laundry hanging in the late afternoon sunlight: ...
God Full Of Mercy
... Can tell you that the world is empty of mercy ...
An Arab Shepherd Is Searching For His Goat On Mount Zion
... And on the opposite hill I am searching for my little boy ...
Ein Yahav
... And I said to myself: That's true, hope needs to be ...
And We Shall Not Get Excited
... What I have in my possesion and what I do not have in my possession ...
I Know A Man
... from the window of the room where he made love ...
On Rabbi Kook's Street
... while everything topples above him and he becomes someone else ...
Near The Wall Of A House
... A sleepless night that gives others a headache ...
Yad Mordechai
... And I said to myself: Everyone is attached to his own lament ...
The Diameter Of The Bomb
... and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, ...
The School Where I Studied
... the shape of its leaves, the function of its root system, its pests and parasites ...
A Man Doesn't Have Time In His Life
... with the same hands to throw stones and to gather them, ...
Seven Laments For The War-Dead
... A store window decked out with beautiful dresses for women ...
Pity, We Were A Good Invention
... Invention: an airplane made of man and woman, ...
