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"And so, quietly, eyes shut,
babies drop into the world,
like rain falling in the dark
from a gigantic hand into shafts,
into a spider\\u2019s tent, a cold apple."

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That\'s the opening stanza of Nurit Zarchi\'s poem "Baby Blues," read by host Marcela Sulak in today\'s podcast about the Jerusalem-born poet. Zarchi, who now lives in Tel Aviv, is\\xa0one of Israel\\u2019s best-known children\\u2019s authors and has\\xa0published eight collections of poetry, two collections of short stories, and a collection of essays.

Text:
Poets on the Edge. An Anthology of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry.\\xa0Selected and translated by Tsipi Keller. State University of New York Press, 2008.

Music:
Li-Ron Choir - Yalda Mazleg Ve Yalda Kaf
Shlomo Gronich - Barehov Shelanu
Li-Ron Choir - Shalosh Yeladot Mayim