Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHANUKAH LIGHTS, by HAROLD DEBREST First Line: You see these slender tapers standing there Last Line: Its way to god and immortality. Subject(s): God; Heaven; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Israel; Jews; Paradise; Shoah; Judaism | ||||||||
YOU see these slender tapers standing there Like Lilliputians wrestling with the air, In yellow garb, that strange suggestive hue Of tragic reminiscence to the Jew? These tiny lights have struggled thus for years; Though often bathed in blood and drenched in tears, They flicker stillIt seems no mortal might Can crush God's great miracle of light. This little group of torches came to show The hiding place of Heaven here below; By lighting every corner of the earth, They see and preach life's meaning and its worth. Though weak and few they caused the very heart Of all humanity to stir, and gave the start To God's most sacred truths; Indeed proclaim His Fatherhood, His purpose and His name. Yea, Israel, it is Thy fate to fight In darkened corners and to shed the light Till all the world at last has learned to see Its way to God and immortality. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL ESSAY ON STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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