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Poem

Nadia Adina Rose

LENGTH

Our family tree has not
sprouted many branches.
Flocks of
single women
sat on them
like on single narrow
single beds.

Aunt Anna and Aunt Leah
picked apples
for strudel filling.
The dough that swelled
and swelled in the nights
they rolled out flat to the length
and width of their loneliness.
Crumbs of the days were scattered
among the birds.

אֹרֶךְ

אֹרֶךְ

אִילַן מִשְׁפַּחְתֵּנוּ לֹא
הִצְמִיחַ עֲנָפִים רַבִּים.
לַהֲקוֹת נָשִׁים
רַוָּקוֹת
יָשְׁבוּ עֲלֵיהֶם
כְּמוֹ עַל מִטּוֹת יָחִיד
צָרוֹת.

דּוֹדָה אָנָה וְדוֹדָה לֵאָה
קָטְפוּ תַּפּוּחִים
לְמִלּוּי שְׁטְרוּדֶלִים.
אֶת הַבָּצֵק שֶׁתָּפַח
וְתָפַח בַּלֵּילוֹת
רִדְּדוּ לְאֹרֶךְ
וּלְרֹחַב בְּדִידוּתָן.
פֵּרוּרֵי הַיָּמִים חֻלְּקוּ
בֵּין צִפֳּרִים.
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LENGTH

Our family tree has not
sprouted many branches.
Flocks of
single women
sat on them
like on single narrow
single beds.

Aunt Anna and Aunt Leah
picked apples
for strudel filling.
The dough that swelled
and swelled in the nights
they rolled out flat to the length
and width of their loneliness.
Crumbs of the days were scattered
among the birds.

LENGTH

Our family tree has not
sprouted many branches.
Flocks of
single women
sat on them
like on single narrow
single beds.

Aunt Anna and Aunt Leah
picked apples
for strudel filling.
The dough that swelled
and swelled in the nights
they rolled out flat to the length
and width of their loneliness.
Crumbs of the days were scattered
among the birds.
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Maatschappij tot Nut van ’t Algemeen
Volkskracht
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Ambassade van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in Suriname
Erasmusstichting
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
Lira fonds
Versopolis
J.E. Jurriaanse
Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
Elise Mathilde Fonds
Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
Veerhuis
VDM
College Fine and applied arts - University Illinois
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