A Literary Magazine in Support of the Jewish Community
Old Yarmulkes
The sock-and-underwear drawer
is full of them—these intricate
knit circles, emanations
of sea and sky—folded, crumpled,
creased beyond the power
of hot iron to smoothe.
Last time I wore one I was another man.
Marc Alan Di Martino
Marc Alan Di Martino is the author of Love Poem with Pomegranate (Ghost City Press, 2023), Still Life with City (Pski's Porch, 2022) and Unburial (Kelsay, 2019). His poems and translations appear in Bad Lilies, Autumn Sky, Rattle, and many other journals and anthologies. His translation, Day Lasts Forever: Selected Poems of Mario dell'Arco, was published by World Poetry Books in 2024. Currently a reader for Baltimore Review, he lives in Italy. You can find out more at marcalandimartino.com.
