The Image

“If you were not, / I never would have seen the face of creation.”
Orchard’s Metaphysics

“temples of leaves / firmaments of roots”
Without a Jewish Calendar Poem for a New Month or a New Year

Without a Jewish calendar, what does Jewish life entail?
Rimonim

A poem of admiration for pomegranates
The Month of Av

A poem about the contradictions in the month of Av.
Mi Shebeirakh for Israelis Defending Democracy

מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב שָׂרָה רִבְקָה רָחֵל וְלֵאָה וְגַם הֵרְצְל שֶׁאָמַר אִם תִּרְצוּ אֵין זוֹ אַגָּדָה וּבֶן גּוּרְיוֹן אָב הַמְּדִינָה וְגַם כָּל אֵלֶּה שֶׁחָתְמוּ אֶת שְׁמָם בִּמְגִלַּת […]
A Poem for the High Holidays

“We are at the beginning / Of new cycles / In a world that is ours / Transcending time and space.”
A Play in One Act for Yom Kippur

The sacrificial goat shares a nuanced view of this Yom Kippur tradition.
Ashamnu (We Have Trespassed.)

“But beat gentle, sinners and you, / you few righteous ones.”
Midnight in Elul

A poem for the midnight service of selikhot