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Poetry

Like a hind crying for water

by Yehiel E. Poupko in the April 7, 2021 issue
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. . . my soul cries for You, O God (Ps. 42:2)

yearning
for streams of water
in the desert
of the Word
I stalk
the voice
where once
all was
but the Word
till it became flesh
and nary a Name
to be found

This poem appears in the April 7, 2021 issue.

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