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Peoples of the earth,
do not destroy the universe of words,
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O that no one mean death when he says life —
and not blood when he speaks cradle.
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O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death When Israel's body drifted as smoke Through the air—
Was welcomed by a star, a chimney sweep,
A star that turned black Or was it a ray of sun?
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Dancer
woman in childbirth
you alone
carry on the hidden navel-string
of your body
the identical god-given jewels
of death and birth.
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World, do not ask those snatched from death
where they are going,
they are always going to their graves.
Nelly Sachs
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Barbara Kingsolver
Nelly Sachs
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Born:
December 10, 1891
Died:
May 12, 1970
(aged 78)
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