Inspiration Jewish Poems

This beautifully designed
Spring, star-studded night.
Alive within these brave souls
Of courage, truly, a breathless,
Singular, moving delight!

I am not here to be an advocate 
Only for me,...

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A Jew looks at the blue of his ritual fringe *
    thinks of the wonderful world he's in

  The deep blue...

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LGTQs paraded through Jerusalem without a hitch
    though security was tight, not one single glitch

  Under the supervision of one Itamar...

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Never had a Christmas tree
  or some mistletoe
No wreath of holly on my door
  just a mezuzah there, you know

No stockings stuffed with...

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Said the Guru  - Saying:   108
Whether you are reading the scripture
or trying to conceive,
you must have a passion to succeed.
Or you will...

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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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Friday afternoon's shadows
  hover over her morn
Awaiting the Sabbath
  soon to be born

Candlesticks polished
  Pressed tablecloth white
Come, Day of Eternity
  Illumine...

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I
As I re-read Mark - along with an online church Bible study about 1,000 km away - I share my surprise at what I missed...

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Fear

It is a very small demon. 
It is a tiny monster, 
that never stops chewing on;
anything it can get. 

It is the one that hides,...

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Oh, that music from the movie,
so impassions me!
That haunting violin, with its moving
virtuosity.

Notes fill the air of man's most craven 
inhumanity to man.
The reminder that...

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YESHUA BEN DAVID



                      ...

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Christmas Tree, Menorah Meet-Up





A Christmas tree and a Menorah,woke one morning right next to
one another!
Both were shocked to be so placed, thinking this was such...

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A Pharisee once asked Jesus 
“What’s the greatest commandment?”
He answered with the age-old Shema. 

“Love your God with your heart, soul and mind.”
and then he...

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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 Wisdoms!
1st 2,000 Years...

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prince Judah Ben-Hur
heart-stopping chariot race. . .
a tale of the Christ






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Hollywood Haiku" via wattpad.com...

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