Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.TitleThe Sleep of the Dead.AuthorsKimmelman, BurtAbstractThe article presents the poem "The Sleep of the Dead," by Burt Kimmelman. First Line: My mother would sleep "the sleep of the dead," Last Line: into the calm water of her embrace.SubjectsSLEEP of the Dead, The (Poem); KIMMELMAN, BurtPublicationShofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, 2009, Vol 27, Issue 3, p110ISSN0882-8539Publication typePoem