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Shlomo Poems - Poems about Shlomo

Jerusalem 1969

...Resting on a bench outside the old city wall I heard a tapping. A blind man was approaching. As he felt his way he would tap my legs, so I said hello. He sat beside me and asked who ......

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Categories: shlomo, lonely,
Form: Free verse

Ode To the Greatest Two I Ever Knew

...The two greatest Jews I ever knew Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, a singing troubador reaching lost souls through his joyous music Taken from us too soon, too soon, 1994 The Lu......

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Categories: shlomo, appreciation, history, jewish, tribute,
Form: Ode

Something's Lost In Translation

...Yaakov is Jacob Yosef now Joseph Shlomo now Solomon Jonathan - Yonatan Is it the Anglicization or the Hebraization underpins the garblization of t......

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Categories: shlomo, giggle, language, word play,
Form: Couplet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

699 Wives Too Many

...King Shlomo was a real smart man He built the Temple per God's plan They say he penned "The Song of Songs" Such brilliance should have lasted long But was he really truly wise What need had he f......

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Categories: shlomo, satire, wife, wisdom,
Form: Lay