Israel Is

Israel Is

Israel Is

Israel Is

Israel is he or she who wrestles

with God–call him what you will,

not some goon (with a rabbi and gun)

in a pre-fab home on a biblical hill.

Peter Cole
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Israel Is

Israel is he or she who wrestles

with God–call him what you will,

not some goon (with a rabbi and gun)

in a pre-fab home on a biblical hill.

Peter ColePeter Cole’s most recent book of poems is The Invention of Influence (New Directions). Photograph courtesy Adina Hoffman.


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