Childhood Chanukah Poems

Flew home from vacation
(Glad my flight was not delayed)
And started baking cookies
For a promise had been made.

Tomorrow night starts Chanukah;
Tradition thus decrees
That my grandma’s age-old...

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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...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The Task

The tornado that hit my desk, 
has collapsed everything...
into a sinkhole, 
which I doubt there is any...
coming back from. 
Maybe if I organized? 
If...

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Amber Angel

Made of glass, 
from some far off place. 
Brown like gold, 
warm like fire, 
dance upon the logs, 
of every house pyre. 

Love and...

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Standing in Line

Today I will shop, for food. 
I will buy what is needed. 
Beans, rice, milk, eggs.
These are…on the list.

The magic of what can...

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