The Old Scribe
...his tired eyes yet sparkled with the love of his craft
a love steeped in awe and fear of its impact
the hunched shoulders hovered o'er each stroke of his pen
a quill dipped in an inkwell lined wit...
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Categories:
sofer, grandfather, grandson, love, words,
Form: Verse
The Faithful Scribe
...A river of faith runs deeply through time
flowing dark in ink from carved mountainsides
dipped in fountains held in ancestor’s washed hands.
Each pious sofer kneels, facing the Holy Land.
He lean...
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Categories:
sofer, art, history, religion, writing,
Form: Rhyme