Riding the El

“I almost giggle when I find myself whispering / a long-forgotten prayer.”
Blessing for Hunger

Don’t fret about terms, /
she croons. /
Just watch the squirrels
The Word is Wood

Hear, O Israel /
the prayer was dance /
Adonai Eloheinu /
there were no pews
21 Alternative Challah Recipes: Notes from a Google Search History

what does ethereal mean /
when is the pool open for lap swimming /
what’s happening in the middle east
“Got Bentsh Amerike”

As I bend /
hanging laundry on the drying rack /
my back twinges but just a little
Hitbodedut

You glimmer in my rearview mirror
Quick look, there’s no one in the /
back of the car. Yet, /
you
The Flesh and the Body

To love an idea can be quite quite /
satisfying but only the body, beloved, /
is holy, holy, holy.
A Prayer for Returning to Sleepaway Camp

“Holy One of Blessings,
I’m returning to my sleep away camp; / my happy place; my holy ground…”
Story of Our Lives

“Every step along the way is it’s own journey…”
To Endure

“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”