Chanukah Poems | Examples of Chanukah Poetry

Oh Palestine! your resilient people hungry in rags still steadfast steady prayers kept ...

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Jews are aliens we return to mother ship relax wine and feast ...

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And it will shower on the Eastern Gate A rain so hard it wouldn't wait The sound and actions tornado's make Moving earth with instant haste The flow of water from up above And wind so swift to remove the cover of That which men would try to prevent Would be a delay of time actually sent The Mount of Olives...

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inside of twenty takes dirty filled frames no resolution to me the family that a ugly call me cat purrs on approach welcome spat too literal gotta reclamation eye's cried so much relief brushes is dusty clean practice strokes at the gentleman's table romanticism, adjatate, harpsichords classified and credentialed white ink's a tank thinking 'I remember", "he" distract the trap, autumns born waves of green mustard gas country come plains, it's not your...

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Alas, we are taught as children, this part of the God’s Earth is all mine? That might have been true, decades ago, but no longer does that slogan shine! I just hope that we do not blow each other apart, by the spread of false narratives! In which invalid nations, will kill children and throw them into a...

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(a quick, staccato tapping of imaginary typewriter keys) december! (d(arkness)). (e(nding)). (c(old)). (e(ven so)). (m(emory(christmas hanukkah kwanza))). (b(efore(ten))). (e(ach(a flicker))). (r(estless(me))). (a pause; a cigarette flicked into an unseen ashtray). (born)this(month)me, (a small(fear))a big(joy)a whispered(prayer), (this)light(a(breath))). (a final, almost whispered keystroke), (it is perfect). ...

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Potato latkes, fried in oil Are eaten every year When calendars remind us That our holiday is here. To keep up the tradition, There are choices we must make – Buy them frozen in the market, Use a mix (that’s a mistake!) Find them in a local diner Or, if you have time and space, Gather all of the ingredients And your cookware in one...

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We light our candles every night And then we place a bet On which will be the last to fade; We’ve not forgotten yet. This game goes back to childhood When my brothers made their picks. Then when I became a mother, My two kids were in the mix. Today, it’s just my husband And myself who get to choose, Yet we pay real close...

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No one only his eyes Shows the symbol of love Even If I commit mistakes His eyes reflects sign of guilt Perception differs Not even we have single matches But Our hearts crawl to see each other faces No one was able to lure my heart His innocent face was one Which took away Even the...

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Chanukah, Christmas -- the same day this year Though Chanukah’s minor, it too spreads cheer Her lights dispel the darkness Increasing every night ‘Til she exits in a blaze, her flames...

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Potato latkes* sizzle in pure olive oil pancakes fry up brown One scrumptious bite ~ assimilation drowns _____________________ ...

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A few hundred ragtag, rabbinic Maccabees faced the might of Antiochus’ army 60,000 fighting men strong ...

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I use my grandma’s cookie shapes For Chanukah each year. They’re plastic and so very old They might not persevere. The candle cutter’s broken So it’s hard to get a grip On the pieces (there are 3 of them), Especially the tip. Since I’d hate to leave a shape out, I just take an extra sec, But today, between the batches, I looked down and –...

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night folds its endless hands— shadows stretch & scatter (aching) for warmth for a flicker. a mother whispers prayers, her voice a cradle— soft syllables swaying against the weight of exile’s wind. one wick, then another— then eight: flames lean into each other, (dizzy with hope) (drunk with remembering). oil scarce as breath, yet its story unfolds: a temple reclaimed a heart unbroken. the menorah blinks its quiet Morse code: endure. endure. endure. children spin tops— letters clinking...

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ONLY TIME. Many things happen in this mysterious life and the greater part are things we'd not know, Things shrouded in bleak mysteries that operate in obscurity but amongst men do show. Trying to decipher these things is tantamount to trying to hold the wind which gives pain; For every effort put in trying to decipher these encrypted things...

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