ONE FAREWELL MAY HIDE ANOTHER (The Poetry of Mois Benarroch. A.Einstein Prize for Literature 2023. Jacqueline Kahanoff Award 2021. Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize. Book 7)

ONE FAREWELL MAY HIDE ANOTHER was published by Libros del Aire in Spain in 2015 and is presented to the English lovers of poetry in the translation of Enriqueta Carrington. DISTANCE ~~~~~~~~~ And one day In the distance Distance will no longer exist And we'll be united And it won't require disuniting other voices And one day That eternal day, the day before creation When we were all one, that effervescent unity Which we were, unity awaiting dispersal That day which is already within us, which we already know That day which guides us through trees, branches and rhymes Like a distant light we don't recognize as our beacon That day is already within me It's already within you. IF THEY COME LOOKING FOR ME ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Say The soil was damp And my shoes were calling me for a walk Backwards With slow Steps Say The sea was serene And the small waves Were escaping the beach Say That the sun was full of lovely Spots That the moon was empty That the soil my ancestors Trod for centuries Was buried underground And wept my absence. Mois Benarroch is a well known poet internationally and his poetry books have been published in Hebrew, Spanish, English, German, Arabic, Portuguese and Italian. He is the recipient of the Yehuda Amichai poetry award for 2012. His poetry books have often made the amazon Top 10 poetry bestsellersranks. Read more