The Prayer for Anxiety
A perfect prayer when you’re seeking calm.
mikveh for the wrong kind of body
“i am not clean / because i have been emptied
i am clean / because i am full”
A Chicken in Every Pot
“I’m trying to figure out how to make enough / soup and 22 matzoh balls using the condo’s one large pot…”
I-Thou, Unexpected
“The thing about I-Thou is that it’s eternal. / Once you have found it, never let it go.”
Torateinu (Our Torah)
“We dance around each other in intertwining circles;
I learned my dance in Egypt,
And you learned yours in Canaan.”
A Healing Prayer for Springtime
The prayer-poem imagines a world where the one in need of healing becomes a source of comfort.
The Song of Songs
“May a global choir rise up / To sing the song / Our souls are meant to sing…”
Barbed Wire on Aphrodite’s Island
The author shares a forgotten moment in history with this powerful poem.
Kindling The Light
“But I can feel the wisdom of kindling
again and again, making it a daily endeavor.”
We Shall Love our Friends and Adonai
“May our love be wide enough to reach the whole world, / and strong enough to help heal it.”
