Musician and poet, Jake Marmer offers us a combo—Jazz, Talmud, and Bible. Gospel is a distant cousin. For example, “Rachmonos (mercy) Blues”: “I know a little woman, / she got a trunk full of rach- / monos, yeah a trunk full of parsnips and rach- / monos wonder if she’ll park it on my street tonight.” Or try “Bachelor’s Haiku”: “spring evening at home / folding up the warm laundry / one unmatched sock.” His voice is unmatched. As far as I know, no one else is playing on his street. —Stanley Moss