Olive Trees Do Not Tremble
in the wind
they are wiser and
much more
understanding.
Olive trees
remember
rough winds will
not change
their conditions,
but simply
shake off
the collected dust.
Cassette
Sometimes
she’d press
rewind and play
at the same time
and listen
to the way
the song turns into
incomprehensible
sound combinations.
,now Right
sounds this
lot a
her like
mind.
Lily Shehady is a Nazarene poet, translator, and educator. She is completing her MA in English literature and creative writing at Bar-Ilan University. She's taught English at a Waldorf elementary school for the past seven years. Her work has previously been published in Write-Haus Magazine and Zocalo Public Square. Instagram: @lilysh.poetry