Teaching for Survival
“I’m teaching to prepare you. / But for what exactly? / To hide, to fight, to run away or die?”
It’s Yizkor…And I’m Still Hurting
“We get to Kaddish,
I just hit a wall…”
Every Word a Lit Match
“Every song / a protest, ready to transform.”
In Praise Of The Dark
“Tonight, perhaps,
don’t be in such a rush / to set up your candles against the dark.”
The Court of the Captives
“One day, / The court of the captives
will convene / before the halls of power…”
Poem Without a Title
“What I need, right now, / is to not feel…”
Tipat Torah: From Wilderness to Bitterness to Light
How do we make it through the bitterness, the darkness, the uncertainty of this time? We call on what we know from that wild, rudderless, nomadic experience of being both lost and guided bamidbar.
Calculating and Recalculating
“May I find peace, / safety, / love.”
The Unanswered Questions
“I cannot be soothed / because there are / no moral answers…”
Dusk in October 2023
“When the dark comes, let it. In its own way, it offers us balm.”
