The Poetry of the Land

JL;DR SUMMARY The modern Hebrew poems "Kinneret" by Rachel Bluwstein and "Pine" by Leah Goldberg, featured on Israel's new 20- and 100-shekel notes, explore nature and time, using apostrophe to address elements of nature and reflect on youth. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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