Work 55 of 440 · H. Leivick: Complete Works
בײַם ראַנד
Baym rand
At the Edge
Page 63. Section title page for 'Baym rand' (At the Edge), poems from 1916. This marks Leivick's first years in America after his escape from Siberia in 1913. He arrived in New York in 1913 and worked in the garment industry while writing poetry. The title 'At the Edge' suggests the precarious position of the immigrant, standing at the margins of a new world.
בײַם ראַנד
1916
Baym rand
1916
At the Edge
1916
Page 63. Section title page for 'Baym rand' (At the Edge), poems from 1916. This marks Leivick's first years in America after his escape from Siberia in 1913. He arrived in New York in 1913 and worked in the garment industry while writing poetry. The title 'At the Edge' suggests the precarious position of the immigrant, standing at the margins of a new world.
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