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
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.