A Literary Magazine in Support of the Jewish Community
Rechavia
Wake up in Jerusalem
like a babe in her mother’s lap.
Unshut your eyes and see:
You’re in the room of a traveler’s inn,
sleeping next to you on a narrow cot
your own—G-d’s—creation,
an eight-year-old daughter.
And all the metaphors mix
on the palette of Saturday morning.
Maxim D. Shrayer
Maxim D. Shrayer is a bilingual author and a professor at Boston College. He was born in Moscow and emigrated in 1987. His recent books include A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas (Cherry Orchard Books, 2019) and Immigrant Baggage (Cherry Orchard Books, 2023), a memoir. Shrayer’s new collection of poetry, Kinship, is forthcoming in April 2024 from Finishing Line Press. You can learn more about him at www.shrayer.com.
