Categories:
12th grade, america, chanukah,
Form: Haiku
What would Moses doAnd 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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Categories:
allegory, chanukah, philosophy, religious,
Form: Rhyme
drywallinside 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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Categories:
america, chanukah, city, class,
Form: Rhyme
This World is Not Yours
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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Categories:
abuse, anger, bereavement, chanukah,
Form: Dramatic Verse
december(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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Categories:
birth, chanukah, christmas, december,
Form: Acrostic
Potato LatkesPotato 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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Categories:
chanukah, food,
Form: Rhyme
Betting on the CandlesWe 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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Categories:
chanukah,
Form: Rhyme
My AmritNo 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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Categories:
chanukah, 11th grade, abuse, anti
Form: Free verse
It Too Spreads Cheer
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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Categories:
chanukah, christmas, joy, light,
Form: Rhyme
Secret of a People's Survival
Potato latkes* sizzle
in pure olive oil
pancakes fry up brown
One scrumptious bite
~ assimilation drowns
_____________________
...
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Categories:
chanukah, food, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
The 'Mighty Maccabees'
A few hundred ragtag, rabbinic Maccabees
faced the might of Antiochus’ army
60,000 fighting men strong ...
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Categories:
chanukah, history, inspirational, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
The Candle TipI 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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Categories:
chanukah, food,
Form: Rhyme
light kindles lightnight 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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Categories:
chanukah, history, holiday, jewish,
Form: Free verse
Only timeONLY 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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Categories:
chanukah, art, beautiful, care, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Santa in Mayberry
Santa Claus sure is fine, and he’s dandy
On Chanukah he gives out the candy
He wants to light the lights
But instead starts a fight
...
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Categories:
chanukah, christmas, giggle, nostalgia,
Form: Limerick
Specific Types of Chanukah Poems
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