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    Nation­al Poet­ry Month 2016

    JBC Staff
    April 1, 2016
    In hon­or of Nation­al Poet­ry Month, the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil will be high­light­ing some of our favorite Jew­ish poems, both old and new, on our twit­ter account. Click below to see the books where these poems live. 

    The Select­ed Poet­ry Of Yehu­da Amichai

    Hov­er­ing at a Low Alti­tude: The Col­lect­ed Poet­ry of Dahlia Ravikovitch

    Gabriel: A Poem

    The Mer­cy: Poems

    Hav­oc: New and Select­ed Poems

    Made in Detroit: Poems

    Select­ed Poems and Prose of Paul Celan

    No Heav­en (Pitt Poet­ry Series)

    Breath­ing in the Dark

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