B”H TORTOISESHELL (1) to be read breathlessly Praise the Releaser of prayer … Continue reading
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Chasing Her Death:Wish
B”H “Eulogy” (Chasing Her Death:Wish) Go, mother, don’t go! Meet me under the canopy if I live while you won’t. I’ll meet you in the green haze of your hazel. I won’t remiss your love again. I was torn to the piffling … Continue reading
AYECKA- איכה
“And they heard the voice of HaShem going in the garden to the direction of the sun, and the man and his wife hid from before HaShem in the midst of the trees of the garden. And HaShem called to man and said to him, ayecka—where are you?” (Bereishit 3:8-9) Maybe the Al-Mighty is asking … Continue reading
Rosh HaShanah 5780
B”H “Yehi ratzon milfanecha Adonai eloheinu v’elohei avoteinu, she’t’chadesh aleinu shanah tovah u’metukah ka’devash.” “May it be Your will, oh G-d our G-d and the G-d of our ancestors, that You renew for us a year good and sweet like honey.” The colour of sweetness L’shanah tovah u’metukah—why is it sweetness we forefront in our … Continue reading
Psalm 45: Still In Love
B”H Still in love Sometimes I picture you see us see … finally Spanish contessa original without frame own virginal with a noir fading the night Seize … Continue reading
Still Stall: Axed, halt, a bushfire
To Briah, זך (Psalm 44) Still Stall: Axed, halt, a bushfire Axed I What I announce to you is what I pray: A cumbersome squander of joy An uttering in glow overflow A beached man shuddering Where is the air that once made me buoyant? So I track memories of your mother A squalid stack … Continue reading
A belated, if elated, chiddush on Purim
B”H Shemot (Exodus) 17:16—“It means, ‘Hand upon the throne of G-d!’ G-d will be at war with Amalek throughout the ages.” ” וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יָד֙ עַל־כֵּ֣ס יָ֔הּ מִלְחָמָ֥ה לַיהוָ֖ה בַּֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק מִדֹּ֖ר דֹּֽר ׃ ” Tehillim (Psalms) 9:6-8—”You blast the nations; You destroy the wicked; You blot out their name forever. The enemy is no more— ruins … Continue reading
