Orrery

a horizon with the slight orange glow of a sun setting underneath a dark purple night sky dotted with stars and a cloud formation

The toy Solar System /
gets the revolutions right /
but a true scale model /
would take up half of town / .

Ezekiel

a fiery sunset of orange and yellow

“I have no people and my God makes me mourn…”

The Water Waited

the raging waters of a flood

“The water waited to see the animals again, / the shapes they would assume and the sounds they’d make…”

Miriam

reflection of reeds in the Sea

“Prophecy is the glue that yokes today / with tomorrow, it is one hopeful word…”

Standing Stone

large rock jutting into the water. A person stands on the rock's edge looking out into a bright, cloudy horizon

“The stone, once mud 
at the bottom of the ocean / pressed into rock by time, / will outlast me.”

Why We Are Here

Person in a white shirt holding their chest with both hands outdoors at sunset, suggesting chest pain.

“Praying at The Wall, / Rav Kook’s Four-Fold Song / Singing in my ear…”

A Tashlich Blessing

a hand throws dirt into the water

“May you be as a child at the water’s edge, / feeding breadcrumbs to ducks for the very first time.”

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