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
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.