Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 2. THE RABBI IN TOWN, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT Poet's Biography First Line: But in town, what? In bratslav or zlatipolia Last Line: "that penetrates your being. And all being." Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R. Subject(s): Clergy; Religion; Towns; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops; Theology | ||||||||
But in town, what? In Bratslav or Zlatipolia, surrounded by crowds? What can one do? Try to take some comfort: a single person's prayers God may reject; but in shul, in a minyan, bound up with the prayers and the hearts of others, surely, the Lord will hear your supplication. And when that idea fails to comfort? Then, as the Rebbe said, "One can dance such a small and delicate dance that no one can see. And also one can scream in a still, small voice, making a great scream that no one else can hear, without a sound, a scream in the silence, a scream your mind imagines that penetrates your being. And all being." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 1. RABBI NACHMAN GOES INTO THE WOODS by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 3. EQUITY by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT A ZEMERLY FOR RABBI NACHMAN: 4. MIRRORS by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT |
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