Pratik : PRATIK SPRING 2021 ISSUE HIGHLIGHT : HEBREW POET GILAD MEIRI POEM, Footnote to “Footnote to Howl”

Sunday, August 1, 2021

PRATIK SPRING 2021 ISSUE HIGHLIGHT : HEBREW POET GILAD MEIRI POEM, Footnote to “Footnote to Howl”

GILAD MEIRI

Footnote to “Footnote to Howl”

Small! Small! Small!

Jews Small! Country Small! Citizen Small! The pocket Small!

The money Small! The sesame seed Small! The head

Small! IDF Small! The finger on the trigger Small! Bullet in the

Chamber Small! The screw Small! The hole in the retina Small! Rachel your youngest daughter Small!

Pearl of the Self Small!

Shai Dotan Small Dorit Weisman Small Yuval

Small Ariel Small Gilad Small Lior

Small! Mother’s reparations from Germany Small! Titus and the Mosquito

Small! The angel Small! Shiva Small! Yaniv Katan*

Small! Win-margin Small! The faith Small! Yom Kippur Katan Small! Minor holy day Small! Happiness

Small! House Small! The food Small! Israel Small! Sea of Galilee Small! City center

Small! Army Camp 80 Small! My Small member

Small! Rock scene Small! The screen Small! I’m Small! Piece of Heaven

Small! The distance between you and me

Small! Step Small! Sky small! The air, oil, ground water Small!

The secret Small! The word Small! The fine print Small! Hebrew vowel Small!

The silence Small!

Translated from the Hebrew by Ohad Stadler

Gilad Meiri has published 12 books. He is the manager and the founder of several literary institutions including Address, Poetry Place, and One Square Meter, Jerusalem Poetry Festival. He is co-manager and co-founder with Noa Shakargy of the College of the Literary Arts. He is one of the editors and founders of Ketovet literary magazine and Nanopoeticaliterary magazine. For poetry, Gilad has won several awards including The Prime Minister’s literary award, Acum award and the Jerusalem literary award.