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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: PALESTINE Matches Found: 161 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHRISTMAS HYMN, by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER Poem Text Poet's Biography 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 |
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