Culture Books First Edition | Poetry Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | May 3, 2013 Psalm (Mikveh) by dan bellm does a person a soul in a body ever become new can this be like in the infinite small hour of an evening in which there is no line between the day and night yet we discern a crossing over impossible to say just when and it’s done I enter the water that springs from a cleft in the rock here between myself and you not even the distance of the name I wore on my right hand and as for my eyes what was visible through a glass I remove to see do you then all near to my narrow place hear me should I call out and answer from the wide expanse motion of spirit and breath voice over the face of the soundless water saying I am who I will be can I rise up reborn will you reach across the fearful twilight hour to me reaching for you Dan Bellm, a poet and translator living in Berkeley, has published three books of poetry, most recently “Practice: A Book of Midrash” (Sixteen Rivers Press), winner of a 2009 California Book Award. He teaches literary translation at Antioch University-Los Angeles, and has received a 2013 translation fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. J. Correspondent Also On J. Religion WhatsApp group brings Counting Omer to local and global audience Culture Time 100 Jewish entries: Volodymyr Zelensky, Zoë Kravitz and more First Person I remember the ‘coat hanger’ era of abortions. We can’t go back. Sports New podcast chronicles little-known stories of Holocaust-era boxers Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up