Best Shabbat Poems
Sweet woman of Yahweh
sing to me
the Song of Songs
song of love
with kisses of wine.
I desire you
as Adam desired Eve
primordial affection
this knowledge I seek of you
my beloved one.
You are dark and beautiful
but grace alone is deceitful
beauty by itself ever so vain
you my love possess both
coupled with the fear of Yahweh
for you are deserved of praise.
I seek you
when dusk turns to night
Shabbat
the remnants of daylight
is in your eyes
leaving a kiss of the days memory.
Let us read from the books of Zohar
we are surrounded
by the Kabballat angels
where the Shabbat Queen
restores our love each week.
Oh my love
suspended are we
between the secular
and the sacred.
Almighty God has created
this wonderful world for us
in radiant shards and sparks of light
tonight we tend our souls.
Come let us embrace the Kaballah
I draw for you
a most wonderful mandala
for my darling
a dream is dreamed three times.
The evening is upon us
I see over your shoulder falling
your hair in serpent like ringlets
your black hair is twisted
to allure you to me
my new found lover
Shabbat Shalom....
7th October, 2023. Israel.
“Shabbat Mourning”
the War commenced
with morning, rudely awakened,
unrest.
some say,
it has arrived,
the biblical Apocalypse.
some say,
not war, just another
haggling loose rabble skirmish.
Hamas
says,
“God is Great!”
Netanyahu
says,
“we are at War!
And we will
win
this War!”
everything over
before begun;
Winter is coming
harsher than
before
(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
“Our enemy will pay a price the type of which it has never known,” Netanyahu said in a video statement.
Listening to services
on my computer
I remember by
wild youth
Now I sit perched
on
the
precipice of old age
and have only some poetry
to show
for it
Had poetry in the
NY Times
No relationship - except for some nice
platonic ones
I hear them singing
on the computer
so I will put down my pen
drift into Shabbat
for what its worth
The years have not always treated us well
We have taken a pounding from Anti Semites
And enemies of various backgrounds
But I feel a sense of peace as Shabbat approaches
Never used to go
Always went out on Friday night
But the singing and the music drew me back
Now I get up and dance at services
Pretty damn joyous!
I'm no Einstein
But I am smart enough to know
That Israel must live!
Sabbath is after six days
as believers, we enter into that rhythm
A promise of entering His rest
Shabbat Shalom learning to rest
I am a vessel, I'm seeking
The prophetic voice of overflow
Give it all away, abide in Him
Found delight in His answer
Red running shoes fly by
Changing our garments
A new way of thinking
Rested from all His works
It is finished
I am a wall about you, the glory within
The fire that is round about you
It's just pushed out, it's really about Him
Healed of unbelief, just rest
Live out of a place of rest
The sabbath was made for us
So we can be our best
Intimacy is the rest and peace
Cease from your own work
Living and active and sharper
Thoughts and intentions of the heart
Pass through the heavens
Beauty, trust, Shabbat Shalom.
return to a former state
Love doesn't keep score
Rest is opposite of chore
Rest my faith in God
The rest will be added to me
(A poem by ScottM 4/28/2025 praise tapdig com)
Matthew 12:7-8
7 If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”
Mark 2:27
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.