But what: Selected Poems [Paperback]

Because Judith Herzberg, Dutch poet, playwright, and screenwriter, makes her home part of the year in Amsterdam and part of the year in Tel Aviv, it was possible for her to collaborate directly with the Jerusalem-based American poet Shirley Kaufman on this impressive selection from her poetry. As witness to history and acute recorder of human relationships, this poet writes with extraordinary compassion and superb control.

Introduction FROM ZEEPOST Magic Nearer Commentaries on the Song of Songs On the Death of Sylvia Plath The Voice Ourselves and Our Plants Park Old Age Upbeat Island FROM BEEMDGRAS Buyring Reunion May Fourth We Live Vocation Markers for Dynamite Yiddish Bad Zwischenahn, 1964 Kinneret Presence Interesting Novelties The Decision is Pending In A Book FROM STRIJKLICHT Sentenced Sneakers The Day-After Pill Bear in Bed Skimming Light Fireplace 1944 1945 Quartz Mica Feldspar Midwinter Somewhere Else, More South Starling Jackdaw I Jackdaw II Swift Late Lines Written During Local Peace FROM BOTSHOL Political Consciousness Tourist Travelache a Late Encounter I A Late Encounter II Songs from The Fall if Icarus  The Farmer  The Sailor  The Fisherman Until Then When It All Went Wel Desert FROM DAGREST Over There Gulls Cats Dont like Suitcases Daughters How Far After the Battle Program Shoes Pain Killers Song NEW POEMS Blue Anemones Disturbing the Peace The Way Boxes Because English Has No AU Notes