{"product_id":"requiem-other-poems-9780811239318","title":"Requiem: \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the incantatory \"I'm Sad,\" the great Israeli poet Aharon Shabtai wails: \"I'm sad, \/ sad, sad \/about the dead, \/I'm sad \/about the dead \/about the dead, \/about the wounded, \/sad \/about the homes \/ sad, \/sad, sad \/also about the fork \/thrown onto the floor, \/about the bulbs, \/burnt-out and broken \/or left behind, \/still alive \/ dangling from the ceiling ...\" Long one of the most outspoken Israeli critics of his government's treatment of the Palestinians, Aharon Shabtai is widely viewed as \"one of the most exciting writers working in Hebrew today\" (Ha'aretz). Though some may feel that this is not the time for Israeli voices, others believe change must come from within as well as from pressures from outside Israel. In these times of carnage and slaughter, Shabtai in \"Tikkun\" calls for peace: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe horror\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe calamity\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe disgrace, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe rubble of folly\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eand religion's stupidities, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe dimness of vision\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eand violence of despair\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ewon't be repaired by an officer, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003ea bomb or a plane, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eand not by still more blood.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOnly wisdom of the heart could mend it...\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eonly the gardeners of peace.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243904467218,"sku":"9780811239318","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0d15e3c2-a310-45c9-b343-123f9a41f51b.jpg?v=1745874936","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/requiem-other-poems-9780811239318","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}