Still Waiting

-Michal Mahgerefteh

Way past midnight,

the mesh of my dreams

wanders in a procession

of scenes from my short

history, gulping the ghosts

in agonizing slowness.

The echo of my birth-cry

swells, and I’m forced to

wear the mourner’s cloth.

(God, let it be woven by

the finest thread of memory)

Patiently I’m waiting, and

in the waiting unforeseen guidance
reclaiming the self in its own time.

Michal Mahgerefteh is an award-winning poet and artist. She is Editor and Publisher of Poetica Magazine, Reflections of Jewish Thought. Her debut poetry collection, In My Bustan, was released in late 2009, and her second book, Field of Harps, a collection of poems and drawings, is scheduled to be released January 2011. Michal is currently working on a contemporary acrylic paintings centered on the letter Shin, “Shin: The Three Pillars.”

Welcome to the New Vilna Review

*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

The New Vilna Review

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