Rachel Bluwstein-Sela (aka “Rahel the Poet”) was the mother of Hebrew poetry, and one of the first female poets in the Hebrew language since the biblical Deborah. Initially a painter and musician, she became a farmer on a kibbutz — all the while writing poetry.

Text:
Flowers of Perhaps. A Bilingual edition of selected poems translated by Robert Friend. Toby Press, 2008.

Music:
Arik Einstein – And Maybe
Idan Raichel and Din Din Aviv – Sing, You Must
Netanela – To My Country