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The Ibbetson Street Press has released a new book of poetry, A New Path, by a 100-year-old bard by the name of Joseph A. Cohen, who writes about WWII, love, art, his experience immigrating to the U.S., his family, music and much more.

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Handwoven of textured silk,

the tapestry hangs above

an ebony grand piano.

Its greens and grays

grace its share of the room.

Within a shadow’s length,

a brooding bronze figure of a woman

sculpted by Puccinelli

cringes with pain.

As if to claim seniority,

an antique Chinese vase

reflects its glow from a

cracked porcelain surface.

With calm and quiet,

all three,

fabric, bronze, and porcelain,

live on together, eloquent in their silence.

— Joe Cohen

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