The
thirty-fourth Moon Prize goes to Judy Katz-Levine's prose poem "For
the children taken away," mesmerizing in its sweeping simplicity.
For the children taken away
by Judy Katz-Levine
I spent the day watching the way hour by hour
came, like children imprisoned. I could not shake the image of a girl
under a mylar blanket, crying. I held the afternoon like a father who is
grieving for his daughter; the way we fight cruelty, sometimes with such inner
resistance, wherever we are, we are holding each other in this. Loneliness
that breaks bones, a fall, the kids aren't forgotten for one split
second. You hear a blind boy call for his mother.
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Judy Katz-Levine's new book, The
Everything Saint, was published by Word Press late 2018 and is
available on Amazon. Of the book, the publisher says "The Everything Saint shows us the holy
in the ordinary, and Judy Katz-Levine is a faithful guide to such
wonders." Her recent poetry and translations have appeared in Writing In A Woman's Voice, Miriam's Well,
Salamander, Blue Unicorn, Ibbetson Street, Event Horizon, Peacock Journal,
and many other venues. Also a jazz flutist, she enjoys playing at jam sessions.
"Loneliness that breaks bones..."
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