“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.”
Teraphim
Those they call vile things /
are an homage /
to Her beauty
Baking Cakes for the Queen of Heaven
My husband stokes the fire /
with wood the children gathered /
I knead the dough – /
an offering for the Source of all
A Lesbian Coming Out Ceremony
A ceremony to mark this significant moment.
Orrery
The toy Solar System /
gets the revolutions right /
but a true scale model /
would take up half of town / .
