July 7th Benevolence
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July 7th Benevolence
Spies Flawed Sight in Tammuz,
Yiddens’ Tragic Hearing in Av,
Shemiras Einayim, impropriety removes,
3 Middos did Avraham have,
Good Eye, Humble Spirit & Ge...
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Categories:
emes, anniversary, giving, heart, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Hakaris HaTov
...Hakaris HaTov
Recognizing the Good,
Be aware of what’s already there,
Mind that abundance is our spine,
Dire news presents a raincloud,
Blinding, warping focus of our blessing,
Making all seem ...
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Categories:
emes, appreciation, birthday, courage, god,
Form: Rhyme
Straight Emes
...Words serve the meaning
and not the form
To awaken the morning
in spirit reborn
Each phrase as created
each couplet of verse
In praise of itself
—the structure to curse
(Dreamsleep: June,...
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Categories:
emes, truth,
Form: Rhyme
Shavous, True To Us
...Shavous, True to Us
Rosh Hashanah of Fruits,
Literally, When Tree Fruit Blossoms,
Figuratively, Free Do-It Creativitus,
Earth was Created for Man's,
Improvement by Applicus,
Of Torah Chiddush W...
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Categories:
emes, blessing, earth, holiday, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Gone - Vanished
...When I was young, my father wrote poems, lovely poems, in Yiddish.
In one poem, he called me, his only son, his 'kadish'l, the one who would recite the Kaddish, the Prayer for the Deceased, for him ...
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Categories:
emes, death, father, grief, universe,
Form: Free verse