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Ronnie Someck
The Milk Underground
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Description
The Milk Underground, possesses the clarity we associate with the films that shape our lives.
List of contents
Table of Contents
A Patriotic Poem ........................................................................................................................ 2
40 ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Courting ...................................................................................................................................... 6
4 Pieces of Advice for a Dancing Girl ...................................................................................... 8
A Fifth Piece of Advice for a Dancing Girl ........................................................................... 10
Corks ......................................................................................................................................... 12
Stupid Beauty ........................................................................................................................... 14
In Front of Aphrodite .............................................................................................................. 17
One-Man Mafia........................................................................................................................ 20
Alcoholic Alphabet .................................................................................................................. 22
A Footnote to a Pedagogical Poem ......................................................................................... 25
Kitchen Sink Drama ................................................................................................................ 28
December 28 ............................................................................................................................. 31
Ararat Express ......................................................................................................................... 33
Transparent .............................................................................................................................. 35
That ........................................................................................................................................... 38
Abraham on the Way to the Sacrifice .................................................................................... 40
Biting into her Beauty ............................................................................................................. 42
John Doe ................................................................................................................................... 44
The Milk Underground ........................................................................................................... 47
Mr. Auschwitz .......................................................................................................................... 49
Beaten ....................................................................................................................................... 51
Guillotine .................................................................................................................................. 53
Cesar Vallejo or 12 Lines on the Bread of Shame ................................................................ 56
A Love Poem for Wislawa Szymborska ................................................................................ 58
Field Sentences. Nature Poems. ..................................................................................... 60
Five Cypresses .......................................................................................................................... 62
The Milk Underground - ii
Butterflies from Mount Saint Savino ..................................................................................... 64
Blackbird .................................................................................................................................. 66
Two blackbirds ........................................................................................................................ 68
Beneath the Aetna Volcano and a Meditation on God as the Greatest Erotic Director ... 70
Street Sentences. City Poems. ......................................................................................... 73
Baghdad .................................................................................................................................... 75
Katmandu. Above the Rice Fields ......................................................................................... 78
Barcelona. A Bird on Balcony's Railing ............................................................................... 80
San Francisco. A Sonnet on a City Left Without Locks ..................................................... 82
Tel-Aviv at Night ..................................................................................................................... 85
A Patriotic Poem ........................................................................................................................ 2
40 ................................................................................................................................................. 4
Courting ...................................................................................................................................... 6
4 Pieces of Advice for a Dancing Girl ...................................................................................... 8
A Fifth Piece of Advice for a Dancing Girl ........................................................................... 10
Corks ......................................................................................................................................... 12
Stupid Beauty ........................................................................................................................... 14
In Front of Aphrodite .............................................................................................................. 17
One-Man Mafia........................................................................................................................ 20
Alcoholic Alphabet .................................................................................................................. 22
A Footnote to a Pedagogical Poem ......................................................................................... 25
Kitchen Sink Drama ................................................................................................................ 28
December 28 ............................................................................................................................. 31
Ararat Express ......................................................................................................................... 33
Transparent .............................................................................................................................. 35
That ........................................................................................................................................... 38
Abraham on the Way to the Sacrifice .................................................................................... 40
Biting into her Beauty ............................................................................................................. 42
John Doe ................................................................................................................................... 44
The Milk Underground ........................................................................................................... 47
Mr. Auschwitz .......................................................................................................................... 49
Beaten ....................................................................................................................................... 51
Guillotine .................................................................................................................................. 53
Cesar Vallejo or 12 Lines on the Bread of Shame ................................................................ 56
A Love Poem for Wislawa Szymborska ................................................................................ 58
Field Sentences. Nature Poems. ..................................................................................... 60
Five Cypresses .......................................................................................................................... 62
The Milk Underground - ii
Butterflies from Mount Saint Savino ..................................................................................... 64
Blackbird .................................................................................................................................. 66
Two blackbirds ........................................................................................................................ 68
Beneath the Aetna Volcano and a Meditation on God as the Greatest Erotic Director ... 70
Street Sentences. City Poems. ......................................................................................... 73
Baghdad .................................................................................................................................... 75
Katmandu. Above the Rice Fields ......................................................................................... 78
Barcelona. A Bird on Balcony's Railing ............................................................................... 80
San Francisco. A Sonnet on a City Left Without Locks ..................................................... 82
Tel-Aviv at Night ..................................................................................................................... 85
About the author
Ronnie Someck: Ronny Someck was born in Baghdad in 1951 and came to Israel as a young child. He has worked with street gangs, and currently teaches literature and leads creative writing workshops. He has published 11 volumes of poetry. His work has been translated into 41 languages.
Hana Inbar: Hana Inbar is a native of Israeli and the daughter of Yossel Birstein, a noted Israeli writer. She and Robert have also co-translated a book of Yossel s flash fiction stories, And So is the Bus, Jerusalem Stories to appear in 2015.
Robert Manaster: Robert Manaster is a poet as well as co-translator. His own poems have appeared in many journals including Rosebud, Spillway, Image, International Poetry Review, and The Literary Review. Currently he is an Assistant Editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal. "
Summary
The Milk Underground, possesses the clarity we associate with the films that shape our lives.
Foreword
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Product details
| Authors | Ronnie Someck |
| Assisted by | Hana Inbar (Translation), Robert Manaster (Translation) |
| Publisher | Ingram Publishers Services |
| Languages | English |
| Product format | Paperback / Softback |
| Released | 30.09.2016 |
| EAN | 9781935210726 |
| ISBN | 978-1-935210-72-6 |
| No. of pages | 128 |
| Series |
Cliff Becker Book Prize in Tra The Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation The Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation Cliff Becker Book Prize in Tra |
| Subjects |
Fiction
> Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies |
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