Best Synagogue Poems
The Essence of Yom Kippur, Outside of SynagogueI’m sorry, honey.
O.K. I accept your apology.
No, wait. Hold on.
What is it?
I mean it. I'm really sorry.
Are you?
Yes, I am.
How would I know?
I’ve thought about what I’ve done.
That’s it?
And I’m never going to do...
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Categories:
synagogue, forgiveness, holiday, jewish, sorry,
Form:
Free verse
Almodad Synagogue Sadness
Deadly fissures of division ... tolerance of others’
different faith gathering space
is divided by hate
Almodad synagogue sadness
is the latest menorah light
extinguished by ancient dust clouds
A shifting sky of perpetual, roiling anger ...
thundering cataclysmic crypt loud
Dark tone bark dogma:
Shogun pacifist lies ... Amalekite cursed voices...
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Categories:
synagogue, death, imagery, spiritual, violence,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Prayer For a Little Synagogue StalwartWe are gathered here
tonight
to worship the one
before whom there is no pretense
One of our congregants
has been stricken
Therefore we must
direct our hearts to him
Together we must ask
for...
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Categories:
synagogue, jewish, recovery from,
Form:
Free verse
Frog Who Hugged a SynagogueFrog Who Hugged a Synagogue
Minora candles were on long log,
Had been found by famous frog;
Cream of crop;
Liked to hop;
Did drank grog in a synagogue
Jim Horn...
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Categories:
synagogue, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Synagogue of SatanLord a Rabbi said Africans
have no culture
Does he not know his religion
is an African religion
Synagogue Of Satan...
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Categories:
synagogue, america, bible, black african
Form:
Free verse