rchess

Richard Chess, poetry editor, Zeek 

Richard Chess is the author of three books of poems, THIRD TEMPLE (2007), CHAIR IN THE DESERT (2000), and TEKIAH (1994), all published by The University of Tampa Press.  He directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.  He also directs UNCA's Center for Jewish Studies.

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POEMS: “Alive” plus Mr. Nobody

Alive At the hour when the world ceases to be you will be sitting under…

POEMS: “Palestine, A Sestina” plus others

IMPROVISATION ON LINES BY ISAAC THE BLIND Only by sucking, not by knowing, can the…

POEM: For the Rabbinical Judge

I might have pulled your beard, Santa Claus or Shakespearian king, your black silk coat…

POEM: “All” by Agi Mishol

Life that swirls in the scraps of swallows in the early evening, reaching out red…