CHANA BLOCH was a poet, translator, scholar, and teacher. The daughter of Jewish immigrants from what is now Ukraine, Chana Bloch grew up in the Bronx, received a BA in Semitic Studies from Cornell University, MA degrees in Judaic studies and English literature from Brandeis University, and a PhD in English literature from the University …
“Walking to the shuq to buy tapoocheem, chalav, and lechem from a merchant who didn’t care—” | by Mari Pack, 2020 C.P. Cavafy Finalist
by Abraham Ibn Ezra: If I started selling candles, / the sun would never go down.
by Rivka Miriam: When my father died my forehead died. / At first I didn’t understand the whiteness that spread over it
The truth and I are flatmates. Since I moved in before her my room is larger than hers. Since I sleep late and she wakes early we share each day only eight hours, half of them darkness, half light. Some mornings she longs to wake me up, hesitates at the edge of my room while …
Poetry International 20/21
“If I started selling candles…”
Poetry International 15/16
“When my Father Died my Forehead Died”
Poetry International 22/23
“[The truth and I are flatmates]”