I don't decide I will write now about this and that subject.

I wakened in the morning and I begins with the birds.

The first bird which starts chirping, is it chirping.

And it's a little chirp like she says, somebody's's awake and I nod under the covers.

Yes, I'm awake and I write about it and then I think, well, this is what you write about in these days.

I mean, well, I will write now a poem about a chirping of a bird.

And I think, yes, of course, I have to. Why not?

We have to remind me and others that this still exists.

Hey, listeners, it's Mishi.

So, as you know, during these incredibly difficult days, we're trying to bring you voices

we're hearing among and around us.

These aren't stories, they're just quick conversations, or postcards really, that try to

capture slivers of life right now.

77-year-old Agimishol is one of Israel's most prominent, beloved, and widely read poets. Over the years, she's won practically every literary prize here.

And Amos Oz once said that her poems, quote, "...know how to tell a tale, to sing a song, and also dance.

Her poetry is colorful and playful, full of nature and love of the land.

And that makes sense, because in addition to writing, Agi and her husband Giora are also

farmers who grow peaches and pomegranates and persimmons.

They live in Moshevkfarmer de Chai near Gadira.

Many rockets have been launched to that region in the last month, including one that landed

very close to their home and damaged their front door. And as you'll be able to hear in the

tape, the serenity of the orchards is often disturbed by the sound of fighter jets going to

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