Richard Jeffrey Newman
A poet and essayist, I write about gender and sexuality, Jewish identity and culture, writing and translation. My goal? To make connections that matter. I also help other writers do the same.
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from “Reading Matsuo Bashō,” by Gemma Gorga (translated by Sharon Dolin):
I wonder: how many syllables must I remove
to
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From “Joyeux Noël” by Gemma Gorga (translated by Sharon Dolin):
While you try ordering yourself in the midst of the
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Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
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Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
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Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
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From Fletcher’s Field, by Derek Webster in @columba_poetry:
All these years, I have lived as if a thought
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Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
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Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
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Four things to read, four things to see, four things to listen to, and four things about me
T'shuvah
"These poems helped me see ways in which the mind, body, spirit and community…resonate[,] forming harmonies and dissonances that are instructive, discomforting, and ineluctable. In reading these poems, I felt myself returning to something I didn’t even know I’d strayed from." —Jason Schneiderman