MINYAN
A Literary Magazine in Support of the Jewish Community
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Susan Cohen
"On the night of the murdered poets, the world
did not stop. Owls made field mice tremble..."
Linda Stern
"It's a little known fact
that the three daughters-in-law
of Noah comprised a string
trio..."
Willa Schneberg
"Why aren't you here yet
to glow tombstones
in the cemetery at dusk?"
Jamie Wendt
"I shed skin—orange, brown, green.
Carrot, potato, apple.
The earth peels from my fingertips—blood, soil, breath..."
Karen Alkalay-Gut
"I knew enough to be discreet,
counting the history of their agonies,
without looking directly at the tattoos..."
Jane Rosenberg LaForge
"You come to know the quality
of your humanity by how
you consider the equation...""
Alicia Elkort
"I am the bluest mountain
beyond the desert where Moses
wept..."
Elizabeth Edelglass
"I baked my mother’s favorite
mandel broit as she lay dying
at ninety-five, to entice, to please..."
Cathleen Cohen
"I hope you will carry
the most essential
goods, words
of blessing..."
