Election Day

people putting ballots into boxes

“My student texts:
So excited. First time I voted! / Mazel tov, I respond…”

Swelling Grief

a pair of glasses sit on an open book

“When my grandfather died, his body swelled again / fluid filled him, drowning him from inside.”

Sky and Seas

the sky and sea meet, birds flying in the sky

This short poem is inspired by the process of creation as told in Bereshit.

Z’man Simchateinu

an open Torah scroll

“And still, here we are again / clutching to an ancient book / that has traveled through time / from bitterness to joy…”

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