Best Chanukah Poems

The winter season brings in 
the festival of light
   in its wake
The battle which took place over a millennium ago 
  Still echoes in Jewish hearts
  all around our blue orb
Shining eyes will watch 
candles glow 
   Potato latkes...

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The lights shine brightly 
And our souls are touched by this
Peace to all of you...

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Lights shining in 
  the night celebrate 
the re - birth 
of 
the 
spirit 
   Lights open the door
to the heart's deepest wishes 
Only celebrated by 
    a very small percentage 
of the world 
But it continues to bring...

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‘Twas the night before Christmas and I didn’t care;
I had dozens of latkes I had to prepare.
The menorah was ready, with candles to light,
Waiting there by the window, a wonderful sight.

The presents were wrapped and I lined up the dreidels;
The soup was a’bubble, with floating...

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Never had a Christmas tree
  or some mistletoe
No wreath of holly on my door
  just a mezuzah there, you know

No stockings stuffed with candy canes
  or Christmas decorations
Never sang a hymn to Jesus
  Torah's my inspiration 

Yet just as Christians can...

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Travels make the mind wise
Wise enough to know
Everywhere you go is change
That comes either fast or slow
The Sun can be an enemy
Or the sun can be a friend
Weather it is in the desert
Or in the cold and wind
 
The rain goes where it needs
And sometimes...

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Not all about a fancy tree
  or menorah made of gold
Though holidays be times of joy
  there's a story to be told

Maccabees fought the mighty Greeks
  to uphold Israel's proud tradition
Christians fete the Savior's birth
  Prince of Peace and their religion

And...

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Identity 

What a strange word 
It exists for those with longings
for the mystical past.

The world has many cultures
it is easy to get lost
in the wilderness called identity

without, one is a cloud in the sky
varies according to the weather. 
Wouldn`t that be wonderful
to belong to no...

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Eight days and nights of Chanukah
  is a little much for me
I've gotten to that 'golden age'
  where it's really hard to be

Happy, happy, happy
  morning, noon and night
I'd just like to go to sleep
  once I light the lights...

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I broke my ties at seventeen,trying to find myself a life:
Sold my bike for sixty-five dollars,bought a ticket for a ride.
I was headed out to Oregon,on that crisp and frosty day.
I was living free..... I'm on my way!

We hit weather back in Idaho,the roads were...

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Cutting through the consciousness 
of the U.S.A. 
Children of Chuck Berry and Elvis 
Girls gyrating wildly in the corners of the space
While the odor of beer 
fills the room 
My ears are full of sound 
And I jump up and down 
Glad I came to...

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Wasn't that the name of a rock band?
Or perhaps something from Star Trek? 
The world was not created in 7 days
  However, after Adam and Eve ate the deadly 
apple the world changed
The metaphor is excellent - The Bible is a poetry book 
The...

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At night life goes beyond limits
Shameful and fearless evaporates
Boys and girls tiptoe out of their abode to peculiar places
Blankets dances all the night

Even the gloomy is hailed with glamorous compliments
The sinner has a prerogative to sin
The dark hides us from the views
Only two witnesses are...

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I've always loved predicting
Which will be the last to die.
I'm rarely right but still each night
I study them and try.

They start out on an equal plane
But who knows why they change.
Like human life spans, variance
Will always seem so strange.

So as the end draws near, I...

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Good Morning

The light from the sun fills the window in the kitchen. 
Not all at once mind you, but at it’s on speed. 
The little birds outside in the trees move slowly at first. 
“Cheep, cheep, mom, I ‘m hungry”…

The flowers open their pedals to...

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