At Sea (for Elul)

small yellow boat floating on water

“How do you steer this thing? / Which end is helm and which is the stern?”

Dollar Bread Shabbat Blessing

tearing a piece of white bread

We bless this store brand slice of dollar bread, This cup of stale wine, Upon this plastic folded table. We give praise for our studio apartment, A concrete sukkah in […]

Dwell: A Poem for the Divine Mother

womans eye visible behind giant ferns

“In Hebrew, shakan, dwelling place, often referred to a royal residence. / The rabbis gave it a feminine ending: Shekhinah. Divine mother.”

At Sinai

person from behind facing mount sinai at dawn

A poem about the gift of Torah and the covenant between the poet and God.

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