Chanukah Itself's the Miracle

Music: Prelude in D Minor. By Dimitri Shostakovich.  Sequenced by J. Marques.

Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.poemsforfree.com

Hear me read the poem: As a .wav file As an MP3 file Alpha List Hanukkah Poems Jewish Poems    About This Site Poems for Free Copyright by Nicholas Gordon

Chanukah itself's the miracle: How could we remember all those years, Aliens lost upon a shoreless sea, Not only scattered--battered, shattered, tattered, Unwelcome guests of hosts unmerciful, Knowing well the wellsprings of our tears, A life devoured by identity Holding on to legacies that mattered?