The Birth of a Lion
I saw an old man weep with the strength of a young man, And a young man cry with the bitterness of an elder….
Words to a Brother, Forgiven
One thousand ships, with sails bleached white as the bones left in their wake, their coming a snarling typhoon Six eyes, sunken to the…
Promises from the Eastern Wind
Did you ever stop to consider That these towers are not to protect your body but that they are your body? These trees are…
Notes from the Bottom of a Coffee Cup (Substance & Form)
I live haunted with the ghost of a song on my tongue Like a finger tapping along the spine of a forgotten book To…
Prayer from a Third Floor Apartment
Like fire in my veins and the aching pulse of the farthest heart close to me Like rapidly ascending bubbles of excited water in…
Circumsizing the Heart
After the rebirth of the state of Israel, the baby-steps of the national platform of the Jewish people, a great spectre became flesh. Before…
Fighting Angels
When nation spars with nation Their envoys snarl and hiss Tear into each other With all of Hell and havoc’s fury The fire of…
Axing the Calf
Hadrian sits atop his wall Tires burn across the hall Is this border mine or yours? Shattered homes and broken hands All pieces of…
Seven Years in Hebron
I want the hard-soft eyes of a man who knows his land, who speaks gently to her with the planting of fruit trees and…
To Jerusalem
And I know, Oh breath behind the wind, You know that I call to her Cry to her, grin at the curves of her…
From the Field
I’ve seen Your eyes in the desert Glimpsing dusted moments from between those two rocks, embracing from eternity to now I’ve seen Your smile…
Why
To my left I hear the rise and fall Of stunted, shallow breath. To my right I hear the harrowed call To save our…