Poetry You Won't find in English Class

In that same issue of Jewish Action was an article about a Chassidic poet, Yehoshua November, whose work has received the highest acclaim in the broader poetry community.  Here's a sample:

The Purpose of this World

When some Jews cannot explain the sorrow of their lives
they take a vow of atheism.
Then everywhere they go,
they curse the God they don’t believe exists.
But why, why don’t they grab Him by the lapels,
pull His formless body down into this lowly world,
and make Him explain.
After all, this is the purpose of creation–
to make this coarse realm a dwelling place
for His presence.

From God’s Optimism