Zackary Sholem Berger
Zackary Sholem Berger

Zackary Sholem Berger is a poet, translator and short story writer working in and between English, Yiddish, and Hebrew. He lives in Baltimore, where he is a mild-mannered physician by day.

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Scratched Sphere

A poem by Zackary Sholem Berger

As the great cycles whir You hear a scratching. That is your Counterpoint to cosmic motion. You pebbles underfoot in ocean. There is no coda to worldmusic Just caesura after movement. You clutch your head, anew, now sick Of leitmotifs both grand and vehement. Scratch the surface. Just that scratching Lends the smallness of a […]

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