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First Line: Once in royal david's city
Last Line: All in white shall wait around.
Alternate Author Name(s): Humprheys, Cecil Frances; Alexander, C. F., Mrs.
Variant Title(s): Who Was Conceived By The Holy Ghost, Born Of The Virgin Mary
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Nativity, The


A CHRISTMAS WISH, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: At christmas season's glad return
Last Line: And god's rich love be understood.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Holidays; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Love; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology


A DISCLAIMER, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY    Poem Text                    
First Line: You said that love should be your diadem
Last Line: Love did not lead you where you wander now.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Love


A HYMN, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS    Poem Text                    
First Line: In the steps of christ I follow
Last Line: And three crosses on the hill.
Subject(s): Christianity; Galilee, Palestine; Jesus Christ - Legends; Sermons; Speech; Oratory; Orators


A MIRACLE OF BETHLEHEM, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I pray you, tell me where you go
Last Line: O sorrow, he is dead!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


A STRANGER IN SEYTHOPOLIS, by KATHARINE LEE BATES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Eager he wandered the streets of scythopolis
Last Line: Though he knew not yet that to him should the gentiles seek.
Subject(s): Bethshan (seythopolis); Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Palestine


ACRID MEMORY, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: At the train station a rabid crowd
Last Line: And not just for a fleeting moment was I purified
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


AFTER, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We had been looking at an idol in a glass case
Last Line: There is absence, unreadable
Subject(s): Arabs; Death; Graves; Jerusalem; Jews; Memory; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


ALL OVER REHAVIA, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: And all the children %have gone back to school
Subject(s): Arabs; Europe; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


AND THEN YOU WERE PEELING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Our luggage unopened %at the door
Subject(s): Arabs; Hearts; Jerusalem; Jews; Love; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


AND THOU SHALT TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO THY CHILDREN, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: I am teaching my son to play soccer
Last Line: As we remember zion
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


AND YOU ON MY BIRTHDAY, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Prayer %on a grain of rice
Subject(s): Arabs; Birthdays; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


APOLOGIES TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN LEBANON, by JUNE JORDAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I didn’t know and nobody told me and what
Last Line: I really am sorry
Subject(s): Lebanon; Palestine


ASPARAGUS, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When I saw the asparagus stand up in one bunch
Last Line: Have to watch where we're going or simply make do
Subject(s): Arabs; Asparagus; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Vegetables


AT AN AUDITORIUM OF A LOCAL UNIVERSITY, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: At an auditorium of a local university
Last Line: To breathe in hebrew?
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


AT BETHLEHEM: 1. THE CHILD, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Long, long before the babe could speak
Last Line: For they are motherless.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Nativity, The


AT BETHLEHEM: 2, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Where were ye, birds, that bless his name
Last Line: That made the blossom and the bird?
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Nativity, The


ATTENDANTS, by DAVID MORTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The mild-eyed oxen and the gentle ass
Last Line: Something that chanced because the inn was full.
Subject(s): Animals; Asses & Mules; Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Oxen; Nativity, The


BAD DREAM, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: A wild night
Last Line: I'm taking you to jerusalem
Variant Title(s): Bad Dream, Part 1
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


BAGATELLES: 2, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS    Poem Text                    
First Line: For kitty has a golden head
Last Line: Is my religion too.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Religion; Solomon (10th Century B.c.); Theology


BECAUSE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: To measure a fence
Subject(s): Arabs; Depression, Mental; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


BETHLEHEM, by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY    Poem Text                    
First Line: For paten and for chalice
Last Line: To the majesty of the least.
Subject(s): Babies; Bethlehem, Palestine; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Infants


BETHLEHEM, by HARRY WEBB FARRINGTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I shall not tarry over scrolls
Last Line: A savior for my hungry heart.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


BETHLEHEM, by KATHARINE TYNAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There man was all too marred with sin
Last Line: Once in the stable on the hay.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The


BETHLEHEM TOWN (1), by EUGENE FIELD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As I was going to bethlehem town
Last Line: What blood redeemeth you and me!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


BLACK INK BLACK PAINT, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Whiter %and more strange
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Paintings And Painters; Palestine


BRUSHING LIVES, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In alexandria a waitress skimmed between tables
Last Line: We feel full already, we have enough friends.
Subject(s): Palestine


CHARTREUSE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Far away in the french alps near grenoble the carthusian monks
Last Line: The airport falls, if it isn't the life we expected, something close
Subject(s): Arabs; Herbs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Ruins


CHRIST'S STAR, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: How many stars so high and white
Last Line: Till we shall find the promised king!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Worship; Virgin Mary


CHRISTMAS, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: O babe who slept on mary's breast
Last Line: "the swords of war at last are broken."
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary


CHRISTMAS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We love to think of bethlehem
Last Line: Comes yet on christmas day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Babies; Bethlehem, Palestine; Birth; Children; Christmas; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Infants; Child Birth; Midwifery; Childhood; Nativity, The


CHRISTMAS (1), by CHARLES WILLIAMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Let us go a journey'
Last Line: She wept, 'o my lord!'
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Happiness; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Nativity, The; Joy; Delight


CHRISTMAS BELLS, by WALT MASON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, christmas bells, your music swells upon
Last Line: Honest youth, the days he's left so far behind.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Gifts & Giving; Holidays; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Santa Claus; Nativity, The; Nicholas, Saint


CHRISTMAS DAY, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Of all dear days is christmas day
Last Line: In all the winds that blow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Children; Christmas; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Peace; Childhood; Nativity, The


CHRISTMAS EVE AT BETHLEHEM, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The christ-thorn rustles in the hedge
Last Line: The snow-wind blown from lebanon!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The


CHRISTMAS HYMN (WITH MUSIC), by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Once in royal david's city
Last Line: All in white shall wait a round
Alternate Author Name(s): Humprheys, Cecil Frances; Alexander, C. F., Mrs.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas


CHRISTMASTIDE, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I may not go tonight to bethlehem
Last Line: To guide me on to holy bethlehem.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christianity; Christmas; Emptiness; Nativity, The


CITY LEVITATES, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: I'm back %in the unmade bed
Subject(s): Arabs; Cities; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


DAILY RITUAL, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: The world ali says %and dreams
Subject(s): Ali, Muhammad (cassius Clay); Arabs; Boxing And Boxers; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Poetry And Poets


DE PROFUNDIS, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: My soul! / can this as truth abide
Last Line: We only die.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Death; Graves; Jesus Christ; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones


DEATH OF RACHEL, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All day she stirs the soup
Last Line: She stirs the dust into dust
Subject(s): Arabs; Death; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


EMPEROR OF CHINA, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Remember the boy who played with a rope
Last Line: Wrings on the rag and wipes them again
Subject(s): Arabs; Courts And Courtiers; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


EVIL HAS BEEN COMMITTED, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: We will have to fall back on
Subject(s): Arabs; Evil; Fasts And Feasts; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Yom Kippur


EXPECTANT, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Yes, I shall watch the sky tonight
Last Line: With heavenly halo on his head.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Children; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Childhood


FEBRUARY, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The park hangs on to what keeps growing
Last Line: To the end feel like %becoming?
Subject(s): Arabs; February; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Snow; Winter


FISHERS OF MEN, by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The boats are out, and the storm is high
Last Line: Till the nets, o'ercharged, shall break.
Alternate Author Name(s): Berwick, Mary
Subject(s): Fish & Fishing; Galilee, Palestine; Religion; Sea; Stars; Theology; Ocean


FLOOR KEEPS TURNING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: She looks at her watch
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Memory; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Time


FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: There is no stray bullet, sirs
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Death - Children; Gaza, Palestine; Arab-israeli Conflict; Death - Babies


FOR THE 500TH DEAD PALESTINIAN, IBTISAM BOZIEH, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Little sister ibtisam
Last Line: Will not forget your face.
Subject(s): Children; Death; Girls; Palestine; Childhood; Dead, The


FORGETTING' HE SAID, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: And what we had wanted %to forget
Subject(s): Arabs; Aviation And Aviators; Hotels; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Travel


HALF-AND-HALF, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: You can't be, says a palestinian christian
Last Line: She is leaving nothing out.
Subject(s): Christianity; Churches; Palestine; Prayer; Ramadan; Cathedrals


HAUNTING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If all she remembered at the end
Last Line: At my [or, your] daughter with her eyes?
Subject(s): Arabs; Children; Daughters; Jerusalem; Jews; Memory; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


HEY JEEP, HEY JEEP, FR. POEMS IN ANOTHER LAND, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Eight kids in an army jeep
Last Line: But thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself
Variant Title(s): Hey Jeep, Hey Jee
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


HOLY LAND, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the earth he walked on: not alone
Last Line: Soil with foul deed the ground whereon he laid %in holy death his pale, immortal head!
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Palestine


HOLY LAND, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Over beds wearing thick homespun cotton
Last Line: Of their shoes.
Subject(s): Israel; Language; Palestine; Women; Words; Vocabulary


HOW FAR TO BETHLEHEM?, by MADELEINE SWEENY MILLER    Poem Text                    
First Line: How far is it to bethlehem town?
Last Line: "the homes of folks like me and you."
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology


HOW PALESTINIANS KEEP WARM, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Choose one word and say it over
Last Line: And when your shawl is as thin as mine is, you tell stories.
Subject(s): Heat; Language; Palestine; Story-telling; Words; Vocabulary


HOW SAMSON BORE AWAY THE GATES OF GAZA, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Once, in a night as black as ink
Last Line: Into your mind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel
Subject(s): Gaza, Palestine


HUBRIS, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The loom is computerized
Last Line: Where will they hide him %when the romans come?
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Sacrifices


HYMNS FOR CHILDREN: 2. CHRISTMAS CAROL, by ANNIE MATHESON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What though the snow be on the hill
Last Line: Let us behold thy guiding light!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Children; Christmas Carols; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Childhood


I REMEMBER WHEN JESUS WEPT, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Fat legs %frozen %in the air
Subject(s): Arabs; Christmas; Holidays; Jerusalem; Jesus Christ - Childhood And Youth; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


IMMERSION, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sound is not human
Last Line: Light from the wooden grille at the window %arranges its petals on the stone
Subject(s): Arabs; Death; Drowning; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


IN BETHLEHEM, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come back to-day to bethlehem
Last Line: Where yet the angels are!
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Stars; Nativity, The


IN GALILEE, by MARY FRANCES MARSHALL BUTTS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Roman and jew upon one level lie
Last Line: And still the lilies bloom in galilee.
Subject(s): Galilee, Palestine


IN GALILEE, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The master walked in galilee
Last Line: Abiding oft in galilee.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Apostles; Bible; Galilee, Palestine; Jesus Christ; Love; Disciples, Twelve


IN GALILEE, 1990, by TOMAZ SALAMUN    Poem Source                    
First Line: The skier puts barley on his head. Here, along
Last Line: Never again will the does wander away from the castle
Subject(s): Galilee, Palestine


IN PALESTINE, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Lone is the land of a thousand wars, the home of a solemn peace
Last Line: While the jackal has his haunt in the tomb of hiram, king of tyre.
Subject(s): Palestine; Religion; Theology


IN THE BEGINNING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When he wakes, he turns
Last Line: Who she is, or %what he lost
Subject(s): Arabs; Gardens And Gardening; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Nature; Palestine; Relationships


ISLANDS, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sea is calm as a good wife
Last Line: Astonished lovers whispering, %what happens next?
Subject(s): Arabs; Islands; Jerusalem; Jews; Love; Marriage; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Sea


JERUSALEM (1), by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm not interested in / who suffered the most
Last Line: It's late but everything comes next.
Subject(s): Healing; Israel; Jerusalem; Palestine; Peace; Cures


JOB'S WIFE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She has to pity him after what happened
Last Line: At the unrelenting sky
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Marriage; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


JUMP, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sundays. Sun-narrowed eyes. My father
Last Line: What I want most is on the other
Subject(s): Arabs; Boats; Fathers; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


LADDERS, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When the angels were too old
Last Line: We could count on a ram in the thicket %or stop the knife
Subject(s): Angels; Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


LAST FLING OF SUNDOWN, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: It is always that simple
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Poetry And Poets


LAWNS OF DELHI, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On the lawns of the mogul gardens
Last Line: As they crouched over themselves
Subject(s): Arabs; Gardens And Gardening; Jerusalem; Jews; Lawns; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Women


LISTENING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You told it softly, not looking at my face
Last Line: Listen with my body to the real world %the simple hunger of the child
Subject(s): Arabs; Hunger; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


LITTLE DAVID'S CHRISTMAS, by MARY FRANCES MARTIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Little hunchback david
Last Line: Is tall, and straight, and strong.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cearnach, Conal
Subject(s): Babies; Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Christmas Trees; Infants; Nativity, The


LITTLE LATE MARRIAGE POEM, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was never young with you
Last Line: At least we seem to be going %in the same direction
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Marriage; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Poetry And Poets


LITTLE LOVE POEM, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Just enough to %keep going
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Love; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Poetry And Poets


LUTHER BENSON; AFTER READING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Poor victim of that vulture curse
Last Line: And praise to him who gave release.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Galilee, Palestine; Peace; Sea; Self-criticism; Youth; Ocean


MAKING CANNON IN BETHLEHEM, by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was long ago in bethlehem town
Last Line: The great word is love, the right plan is peace!
Subject(s): Arms & Armor; Bethlehem, Palestine; Jesus Christ; Peace; Social Protest; Violence; War; Weapons; Ammunition


MESSENGERS OF LOVE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Through the sky are angels winging
Last Line: When revealed in glory there.
Subject(s): Angels; Bethlehem, Palestine; Heaven; Messages & Messengers; Wings; Paradise


NEW TRANSLATION OF TSVETAYEVA, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: She couldn't get in
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Tsvetayeva, Marina (1892-1941)


NIGHT OF SCUDS, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: When the scuds fell on tel aviv
Last Line: But then I ordered a hamburger with lots of mustard
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


NO RAIN YET, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Cries %countthedead %countthedead
Subject(s): Arabs; Birds; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


NOEL, by HILAIRE BELLOC    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: On a winter's night long time ago
Last Line: And the small child jesus smile on you.
Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Santa Claus; Nativity, The; Nicholas, Saint


NOVITIATE, by PADRAIG J. DALY    Poem Source                    
First Line: Christmas was the start of our disillusion
Last Line: Excluded from familiar warmth %like joseph seeking room in bethlehem
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Gifts And Giving; Holidays


ON CLEAR NIGHTS I WATCH, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Over the %threshold
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Night; Palestine; Prayer


ON THE WALL NEXT TO MY WINDOW, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Who %will make art of this
Subject(s): Adam And Eve; Arabs; Bible; Home; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


ON THE WAY TO 'AYN HAROD, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: On the way to 'ayn harod
Last Line: Guess I just swalled it
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


ON WISHES, by MAHMOUD DARWISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: Don't say to me
Last Line: Every dawn has its appointment with a rebel
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


ONWARD, by J. M. MANICOFF    Poem Text                    
First Line: Where are you going, soldiers
Last Line: The lord will lead us through.
Subject(s): Flags; Freedom; Jews; Palestine; War; Zionism; Liberty; Judaism


OUR NEIGHBOR IN CHARGE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Rub out %with my bare feet
Subject(s): Arabs; Hebrew Literature; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Neighbors; Palestine


PALE DOMES OF PALESTINE, by RUDOLPH N. HILL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Age-dim, pale domes of palestine yet gleam
Last Line: Me for an hour the sights you dreamed awhile.
Subject(s): Palestine


PALESTINE, by HAMUTAL BAR YOSEF                       
First Line: In this narrow bed
Subject(s): Palestine


PALESTINE, by REGINALD HEBER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn
Last Line: "who died, who lives, triumphant o'er the grave!"
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Messiah; Palestine; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens


PALESTINE, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: O land, a-stoop with penitential years
Last Line: O god! To kneel upon the self-same earth!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Cavalry; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice


PALESTINE, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Blest land of judaea! Thrice hallowed of song
Last Line: On the heart's secret altar is burning the same!
Subject(s): Palestine


PALESTINE, 1192-1917, by ARTHUR GLYN PRYS-JONES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gallant knights of christendom riding out together
Last Line: For lion-heart hath come again to claim you for his own.
Subject(s): Fights; Knights & Knighthood; Palestine; War


PINES ON OUR STREET, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Split %on the fault line
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Writing And Writers


PLACES I'M NOT ALLOWED, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: If only %I peed like them
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; War


QUICK TAKE, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: In a poem you can't see
Last Line: Green card is now
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


RACHEL'S CHILDREN ARE PLAYING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: And spit the shells %on the floor
Subject(s): Arabs; Children; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


RIPPLE OF VOICES AROUND THE BED, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: And stares %at the doctor
Subject(s): Arabs; Death; Hospitals; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Nurses; Palestine; Sickness


SANCTUM, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On top of a hill near the lebanese border
Last Line: And trust it to bear our weight %a little longer
Subject(s): Arabs; Cemeteries; Cities; Death; Graves; Jerusalem; Jews; Memory; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Ruins; Sculpture And Sculptors


SHEET OF FOIL, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: First day of spring on the hill of anemones, masses of scarlet
Last Line: Not to disturb her fingers at my back, steadying the wings
Subject(s): Arabs; Childhood Memories; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


SHELL-FLOWERS, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Like the turkeys you raise each year
Last Line: How far it would carry you
Subject(s): Arabs; Family Life; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Women


SIGN ON THE NEW BRIDGE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: (one place at least) %to heal
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Ruins; Storms; Wind


SIRHAN DRINKS HIS COFFEE IN THE CAFETERIA, by MAHMOUD DARWISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: They arrive %our doors are the sea
Last Line: Then kills it when it takes a final shape
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


SMALL NOUNS, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I wish I could tell you
Last Line: Whatever it %was
Subject(s): Arabs; Death; Graves; Jerusalem; Jews; Memory; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


SO MANY ZEROS, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Too many zeros %ending with smoke
Subject(s): Arabs; Holidays; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; New Year; Palestine


SO WE GOT OUT OF LEBANON, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: His screech his %portentous scold %iyew iyew
Subject(s): Arabs; Exiles; Jerusalem; Jews; Lebanon; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


SONNET FROM JUDEA, by DONALD CHESTER EWING    Poem Text                    
First Line: Ah bethlehem, across the years that rise
Last Line: The cup not down, nor let it pass from sight.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


THE ASPEN; A LEGEND OF PALESTINE, by AMELIA WOODWARD TRUESDELL    Poem Text                    
First Line: O aspen, why shiver thus in affright?
Last Line: O brother, speak never lightly of me.
Subject(s): Cavalry; Palestine


THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM, by CONDE BENOIST PALLEN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O cruel manger, how bleak, how bleak!
Last Line: Break, o heart, for thy god!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Mothers & Sons; Worship


THE BALLAD OF THE SCULLION MAID, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was the little scullion maid
Last Line: In the inn at bethlehem.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Joseph, Saint (1st Century B.c.-a.d.); Nativity, The


THE BIRDS OF BETHLEHEM, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I heard the bells of bethlehem ring
Last Line: Bethlehem, holy week, I'96.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


THE CHRISTMAS HOUR, by ELEANOR G. R. YOUNG    Poem Text                    
First Line: This is the hour my heart has waited for
Last Line: "peace and good-will dwell in the world again!"
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Holidays; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Nativity, The


THE HARP OF ZION, by JAMES WILLIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: The harp of zion sleepeth
Last Line: The wanderer to restore!
Subject(s): Galilee, Palestine; Jews; Nations; Zionism; Judaism


THE INGOLDSBY PENANCE!; A LEGEND OF PALESTINE AND -- WEST KENT, by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Out and spake sir ingoldsby bray
Last Line: Of the sweet face you look for -- a saracen's head!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ingoldsby, Thomas
Subject(s): Palestine; Friars; Ghosts


THE JEWISH PILGRIM, by FRANCES BROWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Are these the ancient holy hills
Last Line: Oh! Give the wanderer room.
Subject(s): Jews; Jews - Exodus From Egypt; Palestine; Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Judaism


THE LIGHT OF BETHLEHEM, by JOHN BANISTER TABB    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis christmas night! The snow
Last Line: The light of bethlehem!
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Nativity, The


THE LITTLE TOWN, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O little town, o little town
Last Line: But follow still the star!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The


THE LOVING-CUP, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis the time of year for the loving-cup
Last Line: Where the babe and mary are.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Children; Christmas; Gifts & Giving; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Love; Childhood; Nativity, The


THE NATIVITY, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Down kedron's vale the wind blows chill
Last Line: To find the manger-cradled king.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Nativity, The; Virgin Mary


THE PALESTINIANS HAVE GIVEN UP PARTIES, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Once singing would rise
Last Line: Of the velvet in the drawer.
Subject(s): Palestine


THE ROSE OF SHARON, by HARRY WEISS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Oh! I love to roam in fancy o'er the hills where
Last Line: For our god has made our mission not for us but for all men.
Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Jews; Nature; Palestine; Roses; Judaism


THE TRYST AT BETHLEHEM, by MARY FRANCES MARTIN    Poem Text                    
First Line: The daily tasks are set aside
Last Line: "my tryst at bethlehem."
Alternate Author Name(s): Cearnach, Conal
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Travel; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary; Journeys; Trips


THE WAY TO BETHLEHEM, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Long was the way to bethlehem
Last Line: The guerdon of his peace!
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology


THE WAYS OF GOD, by CLYDE MCGEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: A lad once dreamed he would be king
Last Line: And it exalted him.
Subject(s): Cavalry; Crucifixion; Galilee, Palestine; God; Jesus Christ = Suffering & Sacrifice; Religion; Jesus Christ - Crucifixion; Theology


THE YOUNG NEOLOGIST AT BETHLEHEM; A RECOMMENDATORY LETTER, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ye shepherds! Angels now! Who gladly heard
Last Line: And bless sweet bethlehem for her day of grace.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


THEY ARE ALL WE ARE ALL, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Over puget sound %as it always was
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Old Age; Palestine


THEY'VE ROLLED THE PARCHMENT, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: As an old sweater %pulled over my head
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Rosh Hashanah


THIRTY YEARS SINCE I WANTED, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Am I looking in this tunnel %for my dreams
Subject(s): Arabs; Dreams; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


TRANSLATION: 1. OUTLET, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: And what is the next move
Last Line: Looking for the right %word
Variant Title(s): Outle
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Translating And Interpreting


TRANSLATION: 2. WIND, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Like the blast %that knocked down
Last Line: One lemon %almost ripe
Variant Title(s): Win
Subject(s): Arabs; Death; Ghosts; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Spiritual Life; Supernatural; Wind


TRANSLATION: 3. FIGURE OUT, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You have to be able to
Last Line: You don't invent someone %who already is
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Translating And Interpreting; Voices


TRANSLATION: 4. LIKELY, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We never hear them
Last Line: How noiseless the noise of the likely
Subject(s): Arabs; Death; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Silence


TRANSLATION: 5. PUT ASIDE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bitterness %the swamp of it
Last Line: Benevolent whispers %angels' wings
Subject(s): Angels; Arabs; Death; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


TRANSLATION: 6. NIBBLING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What would you do with an avocado %in your bed
Last Line: Butter melting on a warm roll
Subject(s): Arabs; Food And Eating; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


TRANSLATION: 7. HUMAN VESSEL, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Around the cape of no-hope
Last Line: Holding each other %when the wave breaks
Variant Title(s): Human Vesse
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Sailors And Sailing; Sea; Togetherness


TROUBLE WITH ANGER, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Because I couldn't %hate %them
Subject(s): Anger; Arabs; Emotions; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


UNFINISHED POEM, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We live on a holy mountain
Last Line: Twice a week to increase %our bone density
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Poetry And Poets


UNGARETTI'S UMBRELLA, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Claude says, 'this is
Last Line: We still need a shelter %over our heads
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Ungaretti, Giuspeppe (1888-1970)


UNSTOPPABLE FURY, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: And options %still %open
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Traffic


VICTORY PARADE, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: There's a victory parade on broadway for the
Last Line: A helpless iraqi mother bears the corpse of her dead baby
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


VISIONS OF JESUS, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS    Poem Text                    
First Line: In bethlehem a babe I see
Last Line: Before that throne on judgment day.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Cavalry; Courts & Courtiers; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Religion; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Theology


WAKING IN BED IN THE SHRILL, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Before dawn now %shivering
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Sacrifices


WE TRAVEL LIKE OTHER PEOPLE, by MAHMOUD DARWISH    Poem Source                    
First Line: We travel like other people, but we return to nowhere. As if travelling
Last Line: We have a country of words. Speak speak so we may know the end of this travel
Subject(s): Palestine


WEATHERMAN TELLS US, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: To know where %they're going
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Snow; Weather


WHAT WANTS TO CONTINUE, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Sometimes the door remains bolted
Subject(s): Arabs; Grief; Jerusalem; Jews; Love; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


WHERE THE BLESSED FEET HAVE TROD', by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not alone in palestine those blessed feet
Last Line: Jesu, thou art found: my god I hail, %my lord, my god!
Alternate Author Name(s): Field, Michael (with Edith Emma Cooper)
Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Palestine


WHILE TO BETHLEHEM WE ARE GOING, by VIOLANTE DE CEO    Poem Source                    
Last Line: Sure is peace, - the sweetest, best
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine; Peace


WHO IS A JEW AND WHAT KIND OF A JEW?, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: An american jew dies and he leaves no children
Last Line: How she loved you, she never left you for a second
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


WHO IS A JEW AND WHAT KIND OF A JEW?: 1. THE STORY IS TOLD:, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: An american jew dies and he leaves no children
Last Line: An ashkenazi jew, then we will gladly bury him!
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


WHO IS A JEW AND WHAT KIND OF A JEW?: 2. GETTING TO ... CONVERSATION, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: Tell me, you're from israel?
Last Line: Destroyed the jews?
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


WHO IS A JEW AND WHAT KIND OF A JEW?: 3. WHEN I LEFT, by SAMI SHALOM CHETRIT    Poem Source                    
First Line: It was only when I left that I remembered
Last Line: How she loved you, she never left you for a second
Subject(s): Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine


WITHIN THE OLD JUDEAN GATE, by RUTH WILLIS    Poem Text                    
First Line: In cattle shed, within a manger there
Last Line: Then wandered out the old judean gate.
Subject(s): Bethlehem, Palestine


YAEL, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She must be an angel, waiting outside
Last Line: She knows what she has to do
Subject(s): Angels; Arabs; Death; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; War


YOU CAN FEEL THE RISING, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: At the center of the house
Subject(s): Arabs; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine; Thought


YOU HAVE TO BEGIN, by SHIRLEY KAUFMAN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Still felt or is it %(not less) %remembered
Subject(s): Arabs; Brides; Jerusalem; Jews; Middle East - Conflicts; Palestine