After him came Shalom HaCohen,[2] Other pioneers of modern Hebrew poetry are Max Letteris, Abraham Dob Bär Lebensohn and his son Micah Joseph,[2] and Judah Leib Gordon.
A secular Galician Jew, Naftali Herz Imber, wrote the lyrics to HaTikva in 1878; this later became the national anthem of Israel.
In the Zionist national revival period, many arose as the literary heirs to Bialik, and the focal point of Hebrew poetry moved from Europe to the land of Israel.
The poets Natan Zakh, David Avidan, Yehuda Amihai, Dan Pagis and Dahlia Ravikovitch rebelled against the style of Shlonsky and Alterman.
At the same time a line of religious poets led by such figures as Yosef Zvi Rimon and Zelda emerged.