Ascending chords

-Monica Goldberg

September 16, 2010

"This poem also appeared in the journal Poetica."

The angel touches the child on the upper lip just as it is born

During kolnidre

my lips

remember

the resolution

of past notes

so clearly that

I almost

hear one

charting

lessons,

of history

flying borders

in new beats

and broken time.

Monica Goldberg is an Australian surrealist writer and artist. She has been published in journals such as Etchings 4 (Ilura press 2008) and Poetica and has poems forthcoming in Extempore journal and Every Day Poets. She has taught accredited writing workshops in numerous community centers and has worked as a photographer and an English high school teacher. Her first novel is a rather quirky postmodern post holocaust and new age exploration of Jewish identity.

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*A Note From the Publisher - February 8, 2012*

Dear readers and contributors,

The New Vilna Review has been going through some changes the past few

months, and our focus has shifted to offering an expanded selection of

poetry, fiction and arts writing. We are once again accepting submissions,

and look forward to continuing to publish some of the most interesting and

thought provoking work in the world of Jewish arts and letters.

-Daniel E. Levenson

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

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