Like Manna from Heaven
“Everything melted away except for the taste of warm dough
and the salty reminder that we all come from the sea andÂ
are nurtured by grains of the earth.”
Abun-dance
“The blood-red droplets / make me think of Passover /. when we count and recount / the plagues our ancestors endured.”
Bitter Waters
“I sing and dance because at last my limbs, my blood and my voice
are finally my own, and they are sweet.”
The Orange – A Passover Reading
The Orange* make no mistake: through and through I am what I am my outer skin reflects the sweetness I hold inside my waxy coat a cover to guard against […]
Still We Rise-Together: A Havdalah Prayer
“Our hands open / to receive common bread— / sustaining, nourishing— / as together we walk
into widening light.”
Heschel King
An invocation on the Yahrzeit of Heschel and birthday of King.
A Maariv Aravim for the Purim Season
“May we have the courage
To take a twilight moment / As a chance to try on a different mask.”
A Blessing on Donating a Kidney
“Grant, I pray, that my loved one will soon be matched with a donor and thus receive the healing gift of a new kidney.”
Gd’s Womb
“When she dies, / Who will I be on the other side?”
Be Kind. A Poem for Tisha B’Av
“Global killing and destruction break your heart? / Be kind.”
