Barn
- Dec 5, 2025
- 1 min read
by Atar Hadari

People on the subway
catch your eye and blow away
like sparks striking the hay alight
flown out before the barn’s in flames.
People on the underground
Don’t look at where they shatter
A cigarette butt rolling past
Stray light on every bit of paper.
Atar Hadari is the author of ‘Rembrandt’s Bible,’ ‘Gethsemane’ and ‘Arik and Company’ from Ben Yehuda Press.


