Topic Tags: grief

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“and so I stumble / through my workday, / weeping in between meetings…”
close up of person's hands on their chest outdoors in sunlight
“Into what space do we turn on our winding ways / to the place of tears and grief?”
a person in shadow bent in grief
“When will You lie us down in peace? When will these hakafot of violence end?”
A person sits in meditation looking into the sunrise
“Sometimes there is not /  enough space / to contain all of the grief.”
an empty bench facing a wide green lawn
“Time for your / soul to take flight, time for your soul / to light a new star.”
blue and purple galaxy of stars
Imagine that the whole world is God’s sukkah, and that we are all sheltered there.
a baby penguin stands at the feet of its parent
“I cannot tear it all down, / rip out the broken heart of it, / and be done with it.”
A person stands on the rocks, overlooking the ocean on a dark day
A poem about the contradictions in the month of Av.
twine tied in the shape of a heart
A poem about early moments of grief
two ducks on a lake
“Any ‘I love you’ / Like water, uncontained / Can have no form.”
woman standing in a canyon stream facing a waterfall

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