Birds of Jerusalem
the prophets fly free
passing the eternal walls
in the sea of light
Jerusalem haiku
streets as sacred books
the city light as the sky
the flight of the soul
the wall of brightness
in every drop of the past
the sounds of the harp
Anna Banasiak is a poet and literary critic from Lodz, Poland. She studied Polish philology and culture studies at the University of Warsaw. She is the winner of poetry competitions in Berlin, London and Bratislava. Her poems have appeared online via New York, London, Surrey, Australia, Canada, India and South Africa.