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…
The Fallen and the Future
All that roars amidst That valley of bones, Taut sinew and coursing blood Ringing out, flame licking the pillars of smoke Zion’s triumph, the…
Babylon County
On the banks of the Hudson I wept as I remembered Zion I wept as behind me my sisters spoke of how great it…
The Old Guard
A man is buried today. Who is a Jew that the nations love? One that serves their interests, who sits in their court and…