The Wizard

cats in Jerusalem

purr at the poetry book

as if playing jazz:

furry philosophers

dancing like the tzadikim

the city is flying

like the sky

lonely jazzmen fall asleep

beyond the Wall

Jerusalem is dreaming

and enchanting the world

like a true wizard

in jazz lullaby

About the Author

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.