By Charles Reznikoff
In a world where each man must be of useand each thing useful, the rebellious Jewslight not one light...
Explore Poems: Hanukkah
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- By Marge PiercyA row of tall skinny candles burns quickly into the night air, the shames raised over the rest for its...
- By Mordecai ben IsaacMighty, praised beyond compare, Rock of my salvation, Build again my house of prayer, For Thy habitation...
- By Emma LazarusHere, where the noises of the busy town, The ocean's plunge and roar can enter not,We stand and gaze...
- By Aileen Lucia FisherLight the first of eight tonight— the farthest candle to the right. Light the first and second, too,...
- By Steven SchneiderOur annual prairie Chanukah party— latkes, kugel, cherry blintzes. Friends arrive from nearby towns ...
- By Karl ShapiroThe letters of the Jews as strict as flames Or little terrible flowers lean Stubbornly upwards through...