N&V Poems | Beshara Magazine

In Memory of Gabriel Rosenstock

Peter Huitson remembers the Irish writer and haikuist who contributed several pieces to Beshara Magazine

Gabriel Rosenstock
Don Quixote in Search of the Holy Land

Benjamin Zepahniah | Faceless
“You have to look beyond the face // to see the person true // Down within my inner space // I am the same as you…”

Mar 14, 2022 | N&V All, N&V Poems

Taras Shevchenko | Calamity Again

“Dear God, calamity again!
It was so peaceful, so serene;
We had just begun to break the chains…”

Jane Hirshfield | The Monk Stood Beside a Wheelbarrow

“The monk stood by a wheelbarrow, weeping.
God or Buddha nowhere to be seen –
These tears were fully human…”

Dec 18, 2020 | N&V All, N&V Poems

Laurie Lee | Twelfth Night

“No night could be darker than this night, no cold so cold,
as the blood snaps like a wire
and the heart’s sap stills…”