Back to Gabriel Preil, the most famous Hebrew poet of America, who has the distinction of being the only Hebrew poet ever to write an entir...

A Future Without A Perhaps By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman I cross out so many names in my little book. They are no more. ...

Beyond Sleep and Waking By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman My friend is translating Shakespeare. He reads passages of living ...

This particular poem was inspired by El Greco's famous "A View of Toledo" ( here's a jpeg of it ), which Gabriel Preil un...

For The First Time By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman In Memory of Helman Kushner The gravedigger's shirt went red in t...

And here's one of Gabriel Preil's Yiddish Poems. The Astounded Pen By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman Like risen ex...

A First Poem from Jerusalem By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman Under these historical skies I am older than Abraham and all h...

Self-Courtesy By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman I was a boat, and well at anchor In a pink fishing village in Maine- And no...

A Little Snow Research By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman Snow - and not that rare Jerusalem kind But the New York vagrant wh...

Lakes By Gabriel Preil Translated by A.Z. Foreman The lake of ice is lacerated with blanching scratches. Winter-merry figures move on ...