Voices Within the Ark

Presents poems which reexamine biblical themes, assess the Jewish role in the modern world, and were written by over three hundred contemporary Jewish poets from around the world

Psalm Of The Jealous God by Henry Abramovitch
Song For Dov Shamir by Dannie Abse
Tales Of Shatz by Dannie Abse
House In Meudon by Margarita Iosifovna Aliger
To A Portrait Of Lermontov by Margarita Iosifovna Aliger
Two by Margarita Iosifovna Aliger
Poem About Your Face by Nathan Alterman
The Spinning Girl by Nathan Alterman
Tammuz by Nathan Alterman
This Night by Nathan Alterman
To The Elephants by Nathan Alterman
A Cemetery In New Mexico by Alfred Alvarez
The Fortunate Fall by Alfred Alvarez
Mourning And Melancholia by Alfred Alvarez
Advice by Yehuda Amichai
God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children by Yehuda Amichai
I Am A Leaf That Knows Its Boundaries by Yehuda Amichai
I Am Sitting Here Now With My Father's Eyes by Yehuda Amichai
I Think Of Oblivion As A Ripening Fruit by Yehuda Amichai
In The Old City by Yehuda Amichai
Lament by Yehuda Amichai
Not Like A Cypress by Yehuda Amichai
Of Three Or Four In A Room by Yehuda Amichai
On The Day Of Atonement In The Year 5728, I Put On: by Yehuda Amichai
Shadow Of The Old City by Yehuda Amichai
Since Then by Yehuda Amichai
Sodom's Sister City by Yehuda Amichai
Nothingness by Aharon Amir
Ash-glory by Paul Antschel
Cello Entry by Paul Antschel
Corona by Paul Antschel
Death Fugue by Paul Antschel
Hut Window by Paul Antschel
In Egypt by Paul Antschel
In Prague by Paul Antschel
Just Think: The Peatbog Soldier Of Masada? by Paul Antschel
Over Three Nipple-stones by Paul Antschel
Psalm by Paul Antschel
A Speck Of Sand by Paul Antschel
Tenebrae by Paul Antschel
Turn Blind This Very Day by Paul Antschel
Zurich, Zum Storchen; For Nelly Sachs by Paul Antschel
Sarah by Edna Aphek
The Story Of Abraham And Hagar by Edna Aphek
The Wall by Ludvik Askenazy
Seismograph by Ephraim Auerbach
Father by Rose Auslander
Hasidic Jew From Sadagora by Rose Auslander
In Chagall's Village by Rose Auslander
Jerusalem by Rose Auslander
The Lamed-vov by Rose Auslander
My Nightingale by Rose Auslander
Passover by Rose Auslander
Phoenix by Rose Auslander
Covenant by Paul Auster
Hieroglyph by Paul Auster
Scribe by Paul Auster
Song Of Degrees by Paul Auster
A Dawn Of Jaffa Pigeons by Eli Bachar
Houses, Past And Present by Eli Bachar
Room Poems by Eli Bachar
Eighteen by Maria Banus
Gift Hour by Maria Banus
The Book Of Mysteries by Anthony Barnett
Celan by Anthony Barnett
Cloisters by Anthony Barnett
Crossing by Anthony Barnett
A Marriage by Anthony Barnett
Gas Lamp by Willis Barnstone
The Good Beasts by Willis Barnstone
Grandfather by Willis Barnstone
Miklos Radnoti by Willis Barnstone
Paradise by Willis Barnstone
The Worm by Willis Barnstone
The Ancestors; For Yehuda Amichai by Anita Barrows
Avenue Y by Anita Barrows
Distance Spills Itself And Grows Dazzling And Blue by Yocheved Bat-miriam
The Monasteries Lft Gold Domes by Yocheved Bat-miriam
Love Song by Hayim Be'er
The Sequence Of Generations by Hayim Be'er
Tabernacle Of Peace by Hayim Be'er
Lullaby For Miriam by Richard Beer-hofmann
Don't Show Me by Ruth Beker
The Extermination Of The Jews; To Donald Justice by Marvin Bell
Getting Lost In Nazi Germany by Marvin Bell
The Israeli Navy by Marvin Bell
The Rusted Chain by Yosef Damana Ben Yeshaq
Blessed Are Those Who Sow And Do Not Reap by Avraham Ben-yitzhak
I Didn't Know My Soul by Avraham Ben-yitzhak
Psalm by Avraham Ben-yitzhak
The Angel Michael Visited My Room by Anath Bental
Jerusalem In The Snow by Anath Bental
The Alchemical Cupboard by Asa Benveniste
Desnos Reading The Palms Of Men On Their Way To The Gas Chambers by Stephen Berg
Conscience by Zekharye-khone Bergner
Let Us Learn From The Animals In The Forests by Zekharye-khone Bergner
A Poem - Good Or Bad - A Thing - With One Attribute - Flat by Zekharye-khone Bergner
Twelve Lines About The Burning Bush by Zekharye-khone Bergner
Twilight Thoughts In Israel by Zekharye-khone Bergner
Verses Written On Sand by Zekharye-khone Bergner
In My Dream Ship's Hold by Suzanne Bernhardt
The Unveiling by Suzanne Bernhardt
After My Death by Chaim Nachman Bialik
A Bird's Nest by Chaim Nachman Bialik
Buying A Shop On Dizengoff by Chaim Nachman Bialik
Footsteps Of Spring by Chaim Nachman Bialik
I Didn't Find Light By Accident by Chaim Nachman Bialik
I Scattered My Sighs To The Wind by Chaim Nachman Bialik
My Song by Chaim Nachman Bialik
The Sea Of Silence Exhales Secrets by Chaim Nachman Bialik
Summer Night by Chaim Nachman Bialik
When The Days Grow Long, Each One An Eternity by Chaim Nachman Bialik
Maps To Nowhere [or, 6 (3:16)] by Bible
Rain Has Fallen On The History Books [or, 8 (4:13)] by Bible
Beginnings by Erez Biton
A Bird's Nest by Erez Biton
Buying A Shop On Dizengoff by Erez Biton
Noah by Chana Bloch
Paradise by Chana Bloch
The Sacrifice by Chana Bloch
Yom Kippur by Chana Bloch
The Light Of The World by Eliezer Blum
Wandering Chorus by Eliezer Blum
A Jewish Child Prays To Jesus by Ilse Blumenthal-weiss
My Dead by Rachel Bluwstein
My White Book Of Poems by Rachel Bluwstein
Perhaps by Rachel Bluwstein
Rachel by Rachel Bluwstein
Revolt by Rachel Bluwstein
At Night by Rachel Boimwall
Diaspora Jews by Rachel Boimwall
Lifelong by Rachel Boimwall
Round by Rachel Boimwall
City Of Light by Nahum Bomze
Pshytik by Nahum Bomze
Life Of The Letters by Emily Borenstein
Desire by Isaac De Botton
From The Crag by Mani Leib Brahinsky
In Little Hands She Holds An Open Book by Mani Leib Brahinsky
A Plum by Mani Leib Brahinsky
Psalmodist by Mani Leib Brahinsky
The Pyre Of My Indian Summer by Mani Leib Brahinsky
They by Mani Leib Brahinsky
Winter by Mani Leib Brahinsky
Etude by Joseph Brodsky
A Jewish Cemetery Near Leningrad by Joseph Brodsky
Monument To Pushkin by Joseph Brodsky
Pilgrims by Joseph Brodsky
Soho by Joseph Brodsky
To A Tyrant by Joseph Brodsky
Verses On Accepting The World by Joseph Brodsky
A Family Album by Alter Brody
Ghetto Twilight by Alter Brody
Lamentations by Alter Brody
Childhood by Edith Bruck
Equality, Father! It's Your Dream Come True by Edith Bruck
Go, Then Sweet Friend by Edith Bruck
Let's Talk, Mother, Your Mouth Gone To Ashes by Edith Bruck
Sister Zahava In The Language Of The Bible by Edith Bruck
Why Would I Have Survived? by Edith Bruck
A Farewell To Poppies by Eva Brudne
Memento Vivendi; Dedicated To Vil Mirimanov by Eva Brudne
The Fiddler by Martin Buber
I Consider The Tree by Martin Buber
Angels by Richard Burns
Mandelstam; In Memory Of Michael Goulston by Richard Burns
House In St. Petersburg by Stanley Burnshaw
Isaac by Stanley Burnshaw
Talmudist by Stanley Burnshaw
Calm by Aldo Camerino
Fear by Aldo Camerino
For A Voice That Is Singing by Aldo Camerino
Mother by Aldo Camerino
Night by Aldo Camerino
Recluse by Aldo Camerino
The Author's Apology: 1. Closing Prayer: Yom Kippur by T. Carmi
The Author's Apology: 2. Order Of The Day by T. Carmi
The Author's Apology: 3. Sudden Remembrance by T. Carmi
The Author's Apology: 4. The Neighbor by T. Carmi
The Author's Apology: 5. Anatomy Of A War by T. Carmi
The Condition by T. Carmi
All Night Long by Nina Cassian
Blood by Nina Cassian
Cripples by Nina Cassian
Like Gulliver by Nina Cassian
Self-portrait by Nina Cassian
When I Came To London by Rachael Castelete
Grandfathers by Michael Castro
Percolating Highway by Michael Castro
A Letter Catches Up With Me by Eric Chaet
Yom Kippur by Eric Chaet
My Father by Abraham Chalfi
The One Who Is Missing %was Myself by Abraham Chalfi
A Childless Witch by Raquel Chalfi
Like A Field Waiting by Raquel Chalfi
A Witch Going Down To Egypt by Raquel Chalfi
Eve's Birth by Kim Chernin
A Vilna Puzzle by Sasha Chorny
Firebowl by Sydney Clouts
Of Thomas Traherne And The Pebble Outside by Sydney Clouts
The Portrait Of Prince Henry; From Painting By Goncalves by Sydney Clouts
The Sleeper by Sydney Clouts
A Juggle Of Myrtle Twigs by Edward Codish
Yetzer Ha Ra by Edward Codish
Story Of Isaac by Leonard Cohen
The Same Dream by Shlomit Cohen
An Unraveled Thought by Shlomit Cohen
Wife Of Kohelet by Shlomit Cohen
From The Dust by Elaine Dallman
Labor by Lucille Day
Yom Kippur: Kol Nidre by Lucille Day
Yom Kippur: Ne'ilah by Lucille Day
Yom Kippur: Torah by Lucille Day
Beyond Memory by Monny De Boully
One Thing To Take, Another To Keep by Crescenzo Del Monte
A Roman Roman by Crescenzo Del Monte
Those Zionists; On The Capture Of Jerusalem by Crescenzo Del Monte
Written At Buchenwald, March 28, 1944 by Robert Desnos
I Am A Jew by Ludwig Detsinyi
Memory Air by Charles Dobzynski
The Never Again by Charles Dobzynski
Zealot Without A Face by Charles Dobzynski
Catalogue by Hilde Domin
Dreamwater by Hilde Domin
Among The Pine Trees by Moshe Dor
The Dwelling by Moshe Dor
Small Bones Ache by Moshe Dor
As I Am My Father's; Based On A Work Of Achad Ha'am by Rose Drachler
The Dark Scent Of Power by Rose Drachler
Isaac And Esau by Rose Drachler
The Letters Of The Book by Rose Drachler
Under The Shawl by Rose Drachler
Zippora Returns To Moses At Rephidim by Rose Drachler
A Circus Dancer by Celia Dropkin
Freethinkers by Deborah Eibel
Hagar To Ishmael by Deborah Eibel
The Kabbalist by Deborah Eibel
From Life by Lazer Eichenrand
The Mute City by Lazer Eichenrand
Prologue by Lazer Eichenrand
The Closed System %of Earth by Larry Eigner
Remember Sabbath Days by Larry Eigner
Samson Rends His Clothes by Anadad Eldan
Who Will Give Cover? by Anadad Eldan
Words That Speak Of Death by Anadad Eldan
Dream by Joseph Eliyia
Epilogue by Joseph Eliyia
Rebecca by Joseph Eliyia
Slender Maid by Joseph Eliyia
Your Passing, Fleet Passing, Stays In My Soul by Joseph Eliyia
To A God Unknown by David Eller
How My Father Died by Nissim Ezekiel
Lamentation by Nissim Ezekiel
Totem by Nissim Ezekiel
God's Language by Ruth Fainlight
The Hebrew Sibyl by Ruth Fainlight
Lilith by Ruth Fainlight
Sibyl Of The Waters by Ruth Fainlight
Modern Kabbalist by Marcia Falk
Shulamit In Her Dreams by Marcia Falk
Woman Through The Window by Marcia Falk
God And Nature by Musa Moris Farhi
Paths To God by Musa Moris Farhi
Smile At Me by Musa Moris Farhi
Thirst by Musa Moris Farhi
Who Says by Musa Moris Farhi
Against Winter by Elaine Feinstein
Dad by Elaine Feinstein
Survivors by Elaine Feinstein
Under Stone; For Asher Korner by Elaine Feinstein
The Pripet Marshes by Irving Feldman
Lilith by Ruth (wasby) Feldman
Abishag by Jacob Fichman
Eve by Jacob Fichman
Cain's Song by Donald Finkel
Feeding The Fire by Donald Finkel
Finders Keepers by Donald Finkel
Genealogy by Donald Finkel
How Things Fall by Donald Finkel
Lame Angel Slumps At His Desk by Donald Finkel
Lilith by Donald Finkel
Crow, Straight Flier, But Dark by Laya Firestone
For Gabriel by Laya Firestone
Listen To The Bird by Laya Firestone
Thoughts For My Grandmother by Laya Firestone
From The Depths by Otakar Fischer
Even If by Rachel Fishman
In The Beginning by Rachel Fishman
Shir Ma'alot - A Song Of Degrees by Richard Flantz
The Dead Cities Speak To The Living Cities by Edmond Fleg
By The Waters In Babylon by Benjamin Fondane
Hertza by Benjamin Fondane
Lullaby For An Emigrant by Benjamin Fondane
Plain Song by Benjamin Fondane
The Wandering Jew by Benjamin Fondane
Benediction by William Freedman
Formations by William Freedman
Sabbath by Rivka Fried
Scraps by Susannah Fried
To My Father by Susannah Fried
Winter Day by Susannah Fried
The Butterfly by Pavel Friedmann
Identity by Robert Friend
The Practice Of Absence by Robert Friend
Moses' Account by Milan Fuest
Celan by Asya Gay
The Deer; For Jacob Glatstein by Asya Gay
A Grain Of Moonlight by Asya Gay
My Strawlike Hair by Asya Gay
My True Memory by Asya Gay
Customs by Juan Gelman
The Knife by Juan Gelman
The Stranger by Juan Gelman
Call From The Afterworld by Jozef Habib Gerez
We Are Acrobats by Jozef Habib Gerez
We Fooled Ourselves by Jozef Habib Gerez
Birth Of A Country by Agnes Gergely
Conjuration by Agnes Gergely
Desert by Agnes Gergely
Isaac by Amir Gilboa
Joshua's Face by Amir Gilboa
Moses by Amir Gilboa
My Brother Was Silent by Amir Gilboa
Saul by Amir Gilboa
Absalom by Zerubavel Gilead
Flying Letters by Zerubavel Gilead
Pomegranate Tree In Jerusalem by Zerubavel Gilead
Kaddish by Allen Ginsberg
Castles by Abraham Glants-leyeles
Madison Square by Abraham Glants-leyeles
White Swan by Abraham Glants-leyeles
Evening Bread by Jacob Glatstein
I'll Find My Self-belief In A Dustpuff Of Wonder by Jacob Glatstein
In A Ghetto by Jacob Glatstein
Like Weary Trees by Jacob Glatstein
Loyal Sins by Jacob Glatstein