Passed Over, To Jews and Those Who Want To Be:Bitter Herbs Passover Poem…by Robert M. Katzman
Copyright–April 18, 2011Â
To Jews and Those Who Want To Be—for just one day:
Happy Gefilte Fish
Happy Afikoman (however you spell that)
Happy Briskett
Happy Parsely…Sage, Rosemary…oops!
Happy Lamb Shank
Happy Strange Wine
Happy Matzoh
Happy Elijah…by now, really drunk
Happy Four Questions
May we be asking them
For Another
Three Thousand Years
Happy Escaping from those Crazy Egyptians
Happy Remember the Ragged Immigrants
Who brought Passover With Them
And Little Else
Hitler’s Dead!
We’re Still Here!
Hah!!!
Happy Passover
Gut Yontiff
Hag Sa-mey-ach
To
Everyone
Who Remembers
Son of Anne & Israel
Brother of Bonnie
Grandson of Rose &Â Jacob
Grandson of Celia & Nathan
Great-Grandson of Osher & Etta Kasha
Great-grandson of Fannie & Moshe
Great-Great-Grandson of Yeshia
All of them gone
I remain
I write the poems
Publishing News!Â
Bob Katzman’s two new true Chicago books are now for sale, from him!
Vol. One: A Savage Heart  and Vol. Two: Fighting Words
Gritty, violent, friendship, classic American entrepreneurship love, death, heartbreak and the real dirt about surviving in a completely corrupt major city under the Chicago Machine. More history and about one man’s life than a person may imagine.
Please visit my new website:Â https://www.dontgoquietlypress.com
If a person doesn’t want to use PayPaI, I also have a PO Box & I ship anywhere in America.
Send me a money order with your return and contact info.
I will get your books to you within ten days.
Here’s complete information on how to buy my books:
Vol 1: A Savage Heart and Vol. 2: Fighting Words
My books weigh almost 2 pounds each, with about 525 pages each and there are a total together of 79 stories and story/poems.
Robert M. Katzman
Don’t Go Quietly Press
PO Box 44287
Racine, Wis. 53404-9998                                                           (262)752-3333, 8AM–7PM
Books cost $29.95 each, plus shipping
For: (1)$3.95; (2)$5.95; (3)$7.95; (4)$8.95 (5)$9.95;(6) $10.95
(7) $11.95; (8) $12.95; (9)$13.95 (10)$15.95 (15)$19.95
I am also for hire if anyone wants me to read my work and answer questions in the Chicago/Milwaukee area. Schools should call me for quantity discounts for 30 or more books. Also: businesses, bookstores, private organizations or churches and so on.
My Fighting Words Publishing Co. four original books, published between 2004 and 2007 are now out-of-print. I still have some left and will periodically offer them for sale on my new website.