Translated from the Yiddish by Maia Evrona   Ever Since My Pious Mother Ate Earth on Yom Kippur…   Ever since my pious mother ate earth on Yom Kippur, ate dark earth on Yom Kippur, mixed with fire, I, a living man, must eat dark earth on Yom Kippur, and be, myself, a memorial candle … Continue reading Poems by Abraham Sutzkever