Three Poems by I.B. Iskov
Holocaust CemeteryOn visiting the Zaglembier Monument-Grass and mud minglein trodden sorrowaround the granite.-Beloved namesof the deadetched in Yiddish,like a story by Sholem Aleichemwritten in Auschwitz.-Engraved columnsbitterly sleepon a slate grey landscapein the orphaned parkwithout a voiceor a dream.-The sun is buried toounder swollen cloudsthe compressing skynear tearsand the wind clingsto my legslike a frightened child.-The air is in painits dull…