Poem

Adi Assis

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HE SAID & A POEM

HE SAID

I denigrate birds
praise sinks

I am against floating
in favor of washing dishes.

A POEM

Like a ringing
phone in an empty house
I keep on
writing.

HE SAID & A POEM

כֹּה אָמַר

אֲנִי מְגַנֶּה צִפֳּרִים
מְשַׁבֵּחַ כִּיּוֹרִים

נֶגֶד רִחוּף
בְּעַד שְׁטִיפַת כֵּלִים

שִׁיר

כְּמוֹ צִלְצוּל
טֶלֶפוֹן בְּבַיִת רֵיק
אֲנִי מַמְשִׁיךְ
לִכְתֹּב.

Adi Assis

(Israel, 1967)

Adi Assis, a poet of both social parody and personal pain, earns his living as a computer programmer. Born in Tel Aviv, Assis studied philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a graduate of the Helicon School of Poetry. His second manuscript of verse, Child, was awarded the 2012 ACUM Natan Yonatan Prize and was published in 2013, when he was the recipient of the Teva Prize for his...

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HE SAID & A POEM

HE SAID

I denigrate birds
praise sinks

I am against floating
in favor of washing dishes.

A POEM

Like a ringing
phone in an empty house
I keep on
writing.

HE SAID & A POEM

HE SAID

I denigrate birds
praise sinks

I am against floating
in favor of washing dishes.

A POEM

Like a ringing
phone in an empty house
I keep on
writing.