The poem, although not religious, uses references and language from Jerusalem’s three major religions — Christianity, Islam and Judaism — to convey feelings of inclusivity, he added.

“Poetry can naturally encourage creativity, self-awareness, sensitivity and tolerance. If we are to educate people in a democratic state, then those ideas are our cornerstones,” Gutman says.

In the covered shuk an orange was the only source of light, the spices snored in canvass bags all night in Jerusalem. There are always scored stones above, curtains, flags below, shifting their ...

As long as I’ve been alive the words next year in Jerusalem have left my mouth at the end of every Passover seder my ancient bones have reclined ... He’s authored 20 collections of poetry, ...

Two Jerusalem poems Published - February 05, 2012 08:11 pm IST . Meena Alexander. Copy link Email Facebook Twitter ...

The speaker of his Jerusalem poem is a latter-day prophet, a warner who knows that his catalogue of crimes will almost certainly be ignored.

When ‘Jerusalem’ was included as a patriotic poem in a 1916 collection for a country at war, it immediately caught the eye of Parry – who was more than happy, at the suggestion of the Poet Laureate, ...

Poems written by a famous Russian poet Samuil Marshak were read in Jerusalem yesterday, RIA Novosti reports. They were recited by famous Russian and Israeli politicians, representatives of culture and ...