A. Sutzkever

 collapse sectionPART ONE
 collapse sectionBlond Dawn (1934–1937)
 •Away From the Four Walls
 •Here I Am
 •In the Knapsack of the Wind
 collapse sectionfrom Autumn Dances
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 •Gypsy Autumn
 •A Stack of Hay
 collapse sectionThe Gates of the Ghetto
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 •IV
 collapse sectionSiberia (1936)
 collapse sectionIn the Hut
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 •Dawn
 collapse sectionRecognition 
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 •Like a Sled Bedecked with Longing Bells
 •A Fur of Fire
 collapse sectionIn a Siberian Forest
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 •To Father
 •Irtysh
 collapse sectionSnowman
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 collapse sectionSiberian Spring
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 •Kirghizes
 collapse sectionMy Childhood Friend Changury
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 collapse sectionAt the Bonfire
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 •The North Star 
 collapse sectionFrom the Forest (1937–1939)
 •From the Forest
 •Lost Nest
 •Landscape
 collapse sectionRain of Colors and Flowers
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 •Electrical Content
 collapse sectionIn a Summer Morning
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 •IV
 •Stars Become Sheaves
 •Sirius
 •On a Mountaintop
 •Beyond the Sun
 •My Temples Are Throbbing
 •from Ecstasies
 collapse sectionEpilogue to the Forest (1939–1940)
 •War
 •Anthill
 •Gray Time
 •Madness
 •In a Garden
 collapse sectionFaces in Swamps (June-July 1941)
 collapse sectionFaces in Swamps
 •I. Faces in Swamps
 •II
 •III. Leaves of Ash
 •IV
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 •The Circus
 collapse sectionWritten in Vilna Ghetto (1941–1943)
 •They Search
 collapse sectionA Pack of Music
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 •Execution
 •Am I Guilty
 collapse sectionA Day in the Hands of the Stormtroopers
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 •Three Roses
 collapse sectionFrom the Poem "Three Roses"
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 •IV
 •V
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 •VII
 •VIII
 •IX
 collapse sectionMy Mother
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 •IV
 •V
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 •VII
 •VIII
 •From a Lost Poem
 •A Wagon of Shoes
 collapse sectionOn the Anniversary of the Ghetto Theater
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 •How?
 •Grains of Wheat
 •A Moment
 •Moses
 •Teacher Mira
 collapse sectionThe Fortress
 •I
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 •On My Thirtieth Birthday
 •The Lead Plates of the Rom Printers
 collapse sectionPartisan Forest (1943–1944)
 •Stalks
 collapse sectionTo My Wife
 •I
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 •III
 •March Through Swamps
 collapse sectionFarewell
 •I
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 •III
 •IV
 •V
 •VI
 •Frozen Jews
 collapse sectionClandestine City (1945–1947)—  (Episodes from the epic poem)
 •A Nation of Ten
 •The Sewers
 •The House on Vingree
 collapse sectionResurrection (1945–1947)
 •Resurrection
 •Black Thorns
 •The Woman of Marble in Père Lachaise
 collapse sectionIn the Chariot of Fire (1947–1951)
 •Mirrors of Stone
 •On the Road to the Wailing Wall
 •A Vision
 •Shabazi
 •Yiddish
 •The Longing of Yehudah Ha-Levi
 •With Archaeologists
 •Silences
 •Poems from the Negev
 •The Ascent of Scorpions
 •Red-Headed Cities
 •Joseph's Bones
 •And You Don't See the Rain
 •Deer at the Red Sea
 •The Last Line
 collapse sectionSmall Hymns to Sodom
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 •The Cherry of Remembrance
 •Self-Portrait
 •Commentary on a Face in a Mirror
 •I Had a Neighbor
 •The Silver Key
 collapse sectionEternal Garments
 •I
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 •Encounter
 •Ashamed
 •Chords from the Proud Forest
 •Dr. Atlas
 •Blackberries
 collapse sectionElephants at Night (1950–1954)
 •A Trip Through Africa, 1950
 •On the Nile
 •Rain Dance
 •Dance of the Pygmies
 •Oasis
 •Zunga
 •Elephants at Night
 •Elephant Graveyard
 •The Immortal
 •The Monkey Merchant
 •Song of a Sick Girl
 •Lovesong
 •Lament of a Young Widow
 •Bride of the Thunder
 •Song to the Lord of the Clouds
 •Song of the Lepers
 •The Suicide of the Herreros
 •The Locust
 •Gray Fire
 •Farewell to an Arrow
 •Eulogy for an Ox
 •To a Tiger
 collapse sectionBlind Milton (1954–1962)
 collapse sectionOde to the Dove
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 •IV
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 •VII
 •VIII
 •IX
 •X
 •Else Lasker-Schüler
 •My Father
 •Hours
 •The Saw
 •Smoke of Jewish Children
 collapse sectionHail
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 •From Myself to Myself
 •Trained Animals
 •The Road to Paradise
 •A Hundred-Year-Old Woman
 •Chosen Tree
 •Blind Milton
 •The Red Foot
 •A Winter Night
 •A Pot from the Attic
 •Gather Me In
 collapse sectionSquare Letters and Miracles (1964–1967)
 •What I Wanted to Say and Was Late
 •First Rain
 •When the River Overflowed Its Bank
 •The Ailing Poet to His Friend
 •With the Hundredth Sense
 •Zeykher Le-Ghetto
 •Close the Window
 •In Blue Gowns
 collapse sectionThe Smile of Maidanek
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 •IV
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 •VII
 collapse sectionEmblem
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 collapse sectionTo Read, To Write
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 •A Witness
 •Morning After a Night in Jaffa
 •The Shard Hunters
 •With Nostrils of Dogs
 •Desert Sun
 •The Third Silence
 •Covered with Half of Jerusalem
 collapse sectionRipe Faces (1968–1970)
 •Land of My Children
 •Branch with Last Cherries
 •Barefoot
 •My Armor
 •Falling Water
 •Signs
 •Report of a Journey
 •The Sculptor
 collapse sectionFrom Old and Young Manuscripts (1935–1981)
 •Fragment
 •Recognition
 •Subforest Laughter
 collapse sectionA Bunch of Grapes
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 •III
 collapse sectionWinedrops
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 •Elegy
 •Divine Comedy
 •Wooden Steps
 •Legend
 •Needleshine
 •A Prayer
 •Small Elegy on the Extinction and Resurrection of a Single Word
 •The Great Silence
 •To Be Able to Say: I
 collapse sectionNew Poems (1987–1990)
 collapse sectionRemembrances of Others
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 •Paris 1988
 collapse sectionInside Me
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 •IV

 collapse sectionPART TWO
 collapse sectionGreen Aquarium (1953–1974)
 collapse sectionGreen Aquarium
 •I
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 •The Woman in the Panama Hat
 •Children's Hands
 •Lady Job
 •The Last of the Blind
 •Honey of a Wild Bee
 collapse sectionWhere the Stars Spend the Night (1975–1989)
 collapse sectionLupus
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 •IV
 •V
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 •Where the Stars Spend the Night
 collapse sectionFaithful Needles
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 •V
 •The Hunchback
 collapse sectionThe Boot and the Crown
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 •V
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 collapse sectionGlikele
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 collapse sectionThe Beggar with Blue Eyeglasses
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 •V
 •Slashed Lips
 collapse sectionThe Coin from Heaven
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 •V
 •The Artist
 •Hanukkah Candles
 collapse sectionA Black Angel with a Pin in His Hand
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 •VIII
 •IX
 •X
 collapse sectionThe Gunpowder Brigade
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 collapse sectionPostscript (1990)
 •The Bottom Line
 •On My Father's Yortsayt

 collapse sectionNotes
 •Blond Dawn (1934–1937)
 •Siberia (1936)
 •From the Forest (1937–1939)
 •Epilogue to the Forest (1939–1940)
 •Faces in Swamps (June-July 1941)
 •Written in Vilna Ghetto (1941–1943)
 •Partisan Forest (1943–1944)
 •Clandestine City (1945–1947)— (Episodes from the epic poem)
 •Resurrection (1945–1947)
 •In the Chariot of Fire45 (1947–1951)
 •Blind Milton58 (1954–1962)
 •Square Letters and Miracles63 (1964–1967)
 •From Old and Young Manuscripts (1935–1981)
 •New Poems (1987–1990)
 •Green Aquarium (1953–1974)
 •Where the Stars Spend the Night (1975–1989)
  ABRAHAM SUTZKEVER,
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