Poems

Temporary Poem Of My Time Hebrew writing and Arabic writing go from east to west, Latin writing, from west to east. Languages are like cats: You […]

The First Rain The first rain reminds me Of the rising summer dust. The rain doesn’t remember the rain of yesteryear. A year is a trained […]

Tourists Visits of condolence is all we get from them. They squat at the Holocaust Memorial, They put on grave faces at the Wailing Wall And […]

Try To Remember Some Details Try to remember some details. Remember the clothing of the one you love so that on the day of loss you’ll […]

What Kind Of A Person “What kind of a person are you,” I heard them say to me. I’m a person with a complex plumbing of […]

Wildpeace Not the peace of a cease-fire not even the vision of the wolf and the lamb, but rather as in the heart when the excitement […]

Yad Mordechai Yad Mordechai. Those who fell here still look out the windows like sick children who are not allowed outside to play. And on the […]

You Mustn’t Show Weakness You mustn’t show weakness and you’ve got to have a tan. But sometimes I feel like the thin veils of Jewish women […]

A love song “Do you see over my shoulders falling, Snake-like ringlets waving free? Have no fear, for they are twisted To allure you unto me.” […]

Awake, my fair Awake, my fair, my love, awake, So that I may gaze upon you! And if one is eager to kiss your lips, In […]