Yiddish Poems - Poems about Yiddish

... O'er Jerusalem's hills the sun sinks lower, lower 'til 'tis but a memory Horizons dim 'til the promise of today is extinguished by darkness' sway Stars appe......

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...Once again, yours truly takes poetic license. Whenever the missus irks me or complains... I tell her don't "Hock me in chinik" nor kvetch before long tête-à-tête escalates in2 Kanipshin whereby......

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...Adept Anglophone pines to learn Yiddish as a second language When alive colorful turns of phrases uttered courtesy my father or mother whose ability to describe a situation perfectly verbalized......

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...Afternoon bride calls: darling, each fire gets him in jail. Kiss loosely, my necktied octopus. Promises quietly rustle; speechless television undulates: voluptuously wavering X-rated yoga, Ze......

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...Blooma Pie Humble Slice, Nimble Listener, Blooma’s a wonder, Aishes Chayil! Middos Thrice Nice, Her Yiddish Kopf is Wiser, Avoids Goyish Blunder, She heaves a sigh, At ridiculous whys, Her ......

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...This December 17th, 2024... alternately titled: a literary retrospective when holiday times living hand to mouth in Penn Valley fraught with slim pickings and yours truly felt utterly miserable th......

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... One moment, my life in the balance The next, feeling quite well Why, O Why, put me, Dear God through this kind of hell… Yet I guess you’ve been with me right from t......

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...My sister and I are as different As spinach and blueberry pie, Yet together we laugh, Which reduces, by half, All the ways our distinctions apply. Even now, in New York for a visit, Where the......

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...I live in a world of brutal ice and cold Despite the temperature being five below... these fingered handy limbs awash with profuse sweat dripping palms analogous to a bloody busted gushing wat......

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...Today I cleaned for hours Getting rid of mostly dust. If I did this more often, I’d feel less worn out, I trust. Yet unlike many others, Who have homes that sparkly shine, No one would ever ......

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... Yonah, Ownah of the Eruv! Geo. Washington has the same birthday, Like George the Father of our Country, R’ Ribiat & Baila are blessed by many, Even TA’s Gabbai “By Jove!” Truly Baila’s roc......

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... The door rings, I look up, someone with someone else, back to my eggs and hash browns. The door rings Spatulas knell the griddle. The skinny cook yells in Kentucky Yiddish. Flapjacks slap in......

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... ~ Sabbath in the Olden Times ~ (Shabbos in der Alter Tzeiten) The title in the Yiddish language Mama lit the candles Totty blessed the wine ......

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...In Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Kefar Chabad everywhere, little huts, though no sod Miniature tabernacles, laden with flowers fruits, vegetation, pretty decorations The Fall Harvest F......

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...A bagel shop displays a sign That says, “No dogs allowed,” But rules are rarely followed now And signs leave no one cowed. So oftentimes when I walk by, A canine on a leash Strolls in as if ......

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