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Phaedra

Phaedra

March 1, 2011 Issue 01, Issue 01 Poetry, Poetry, Translation

By MARINA TSVETAEVA

1. LAMENT

Hippolytus! Hippolytus! It stings!
It sears… my cheeks blaze…
How pitiless the hell, Hippolytus,
Concealed in your name!

Otter Cove

Otter Cove

March 1, 2011 Issue 01, Issue 01 Poetry, Poetry, Translation

By YEHUDIT BEN-ZVI HELLER

I took three stones from there:
one from the water
one from the sun
and a small one
to grow.

Sunset in Herring Cove

Sunset in Herring Cove

March 1, 2011 Issue 01, Issue 01 Poetry, Poetry, Translation

By YEHUDIT BEN-ZVI HELLER

The puzzle of the sun’s longing for
the sea
The marvel: her love fills the sky overflows the rim till the
sea is one
with the sky