The first poem in the collection, ‘Pain’, illustrates the facets of pain. In this short piece, the use of phrases “round as a void”, “gurgling slit of heaviness”, and “itches deep into the marrow”, ...
She was born in Germany in 1928; part of the Kindertransport; lost her entire family during the Holocaust; served in the Haganah in Israel ... Several days later, on the plane to Israel, I re-watched ...