Yiddish Poems - Poems about Yiddish

...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 ......Read the rest...

... 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......Read the rest...

... 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......Read the rest...

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

...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......Read the rest...

...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 ......Read the rest...

...Karl Marx was a historian and scholar Groucho Marx whooped it up and hollered Both of them were starved for attention Neither of them honorable menschen * __________________......Read the rest...

...Without first-hand experience We cannot comprehend What others might be going through, Although we can pretend To understand the way they feel As if we do belong In circumstances similar; If......Read the rest...

...B'shert "meant to be" in Yiddish. B'Shert (Yiddish) Noun - A person's soulmate, especially when considered as an ideal or predestined marriage partner - #bshert #soulmate #husband #wife #marriage......Read the rest...

...Telling "White Lies" My mother got born November thirteenth, nineteen hundred thirty five within poverty stricken household of Canarsie, Brooklyn, the youngest (most mollycoddled) of four sibl......Read the rest...

...He’s Irish not Scottish or British You forget, he’ll get ornery and skittish He’ll point to his pelt Start swearing in Celt With a splash of some Gaelic and Yiddish......Read the rest...

...It might be time to call it quits I'm bursting out in sobbing fits My face is breaking out in zits For this job I am unfit My resignation I submit ... What is this surprise ......Read the rest...

...Questions asked Answers attempted Lively discussions Hebrew, English; Yiddish, Russian Flatbread matzo served Cups of grape juice downed Wine no longer a Passover staple ......Read the rest...

...Night roads widen, dream paths spread their branches. The Sandman is hobbled and can only watch. A tethered mind has spread fledgling wings. What appears to happen behind sleepwalking ey......Read the rest...

...Got a jury questionnaire – They really have some nerve! I’ve paid my dues; I’m not so young And I don’t wanna serve! There must be people willing Or who haven’t once been called. Perhaps it’......Read the rest...