Amish, Hasids, and Mormons
...A madman pushed me off the track, lucky not much harm
I sat in the Hospital waiting room with just a broken arm.
They handed me a form to fill, 20 genders, 10 types of race -
I tore the sheet with...
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Categories:
hasidim, america, culture, integrity, jewish,
Form: Lyric
On the Avenue
...From marble and granite to steel and glass,
we were discussing Rhina Espaillat’s On the Avenue in class,
was it 1950s or 1980s NYC and were the fifties
the city’s halcyon days or is it now, the 20...
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Categories:
hasidim, america, city, god, hope,
Form: Free verse
From the Walls of Jerusalem
...Walking through
the old city
One feels the power
of this metropolis
The narrow streets are
filled with youngsters
running by
Aggressive merchants
ply their wares
And as we ...
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Categories:
hasidim, international, urban,
Form: Free verse
Sitting In My Place On the Lower East Side
...TV on - outside cars rushing by
quckly on the
FDR drive
Another evening on the Lower East Side
The place radiates nostalgia
My grandparents now in eternity
came here for a better life
I see t...
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Categories:
hasidim, nostalgia, urban,
Form: Concrete
People of the Lower East Side
...Hasidim, Chinese, Spanish
Many residents of the area
fall into these categories
The streets are alive with memories
of pushcarts, peddlers, politics
The people of the Lower East Side today...
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Categories:
hasidim, history, urban,
Form: Blank verse