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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POOR PEOPLE, by RAJZEL ZYCHLINSKA Poet's Biography
First Line: Being poor has one color
Alternate Author Name(s): Zychlinska, Rayzel
Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Poverty; Judaism
First Line: Being poor has one color
Alternate Author Name(s): Zychlinska, Rayzel
Subject(s): Jews; Mysticism - Judaism; Poverty; Judaism
Being poor has one color
Everywhere.
Poor people walk over the earth silently
Speaking to the worms.
From beneath all the rocks
Death looks at them
And calls.
Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org
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