Topic Tags: trees

“Oh earth, how we’ve harmed you Oh earth, help us heal…”

“Thank You for the birds that build their nests in our branches and sing with us in the morning light”

My friends will stand // among the trees // saying Kaddish.

At sunset the oryx finds water inside shrubs. // Magician of the desert, it links its straight horns to the sky.

“An old olive tree stands in a grove, verdant, stately and strong…”

“Let light / reach all the places where blossoms would wantonly erupt…”

‘Woman Is a Tree of the Field’ is an original work of art inspired by trees in Jewish text and mystical tradition.

“May we grow like them, reaching high, growing true…”

“Only advice to plant first / and welcome the Messiah later…”

“In Shvat, we cross a threshold / into a mysterious realm / hidden within ourselves and the deep interior of trees…”