SHIRIM: A JEWISH POETRY JOURNAL

Over 40 years publishing poetry of Jewish Reference

Vol XL/II & XLI/I (2022-2023)

Four Contemporary Jewish Women Poets (Guest Editor: Carol V. Davis)

Table of contents:

Section Author Title Page
Carol V. Davis Forward by Carol V. Davis, Guest Editor 5
MARCELA SULAK Introduction 9
Marcela Sulak Show Your Work 10
Marcela Sulak The Nest 12
Marcela Sulak The Twigs 14
Marcela Sulak The New Math 15
Marcela Sulak The Cost of Art 17
Marcela Sulak The Fault 19
Marcela Sulak The Spider 20
Marcela Sulak Shekhinah 21
Marcela Sulak Genesis 22
Marcela Sulak Correspondence 25
Marcela Sulak Skyping into Gaza 27
Marcela Sulak Bright Lord (There are muscles everywhere) 29
Marcela Sulak When I Sit and When I Stand 30
JEHANNE DUBROW Introduction 33
Jehanne Dubrow Fear Not 34
Jehanne Dubrow Augury 35
Jehanne Dubrow The Naturalist 36
Jehanne Dubrow Still Life with Oysters, a Silver Tazza, and Glassware 37
Jehanne Dubrow Bar Mitzvah 38
Jehanne Dubrow Malach Means Messenger 39
Jehanne Dubrow Some Ancient Prayer in Aramaic 40
CAROL V. DAVIS Introduction 41
Carol V. Davis Licorice Fern 42
Carol V. Davis Nursery Rhyme 43
Carol V. Davis In Siberia, I Watch My Host 44
Carol V. Davis Russian Chocolates 45
Carol V. Davis In the Scheme of Things 47
Carol V. Davis Click, he says 48
Carol V. Davis The Scribe 49
Carol V. Davis Beshert 50
Carol V. Davis Out Early with the Angels 51
Carol V. Davis Shmita 52
Carol V. Davis Thinking of Water 53
Carol V. Davis Dots and Dashes 54
ERIKA MEITNER Introduction 55
Erika Meitner Eternal Return II 56
Erika Meitner It's Gunna Be All Right 57
Erika Meitner A Strikingly Unsettled Portent 59
Erika Meitner Light-sensitive Puzzle Piece 62
Erika Meitner Cabana 64
Biographies 67

A pdf of the table of contents from the original issue is available here.