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Yom Kippur Poems - Poems about Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur Poems - Examples of all types of poems about yom kippur to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for yom kippur.
Premium Member Whipper-Snapper
... His right foot, a clipper His left arm, a ripper Glad it wasn't Yom Kippur ~ Wouldn't dare try his whip on me......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, bullying, jewish, judgement, motivation,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Finger Points
...700 Jews dead on the latest Holy Day 50 years to the day since the Yom Kippur Fray Hamas celebrations to be short-lived as Israel now lowers the boom Hamas' fighters and Palesti......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, international, military, political, war,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Fifty Years Ago Today - 1973
...Fifty years ago today an attack was well underway On Yom Kippur, October 6 Israel was in a fix Egypt had invaded the Sinai Syrians climbed down the Golan Heights ......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, death, history, war,
Form: Rhyme
Rosh Hashshana 2023
...Rosh Hashshana 2023 Began at sunset on Friday, Sept. 15, and ends at sunset on Sunday, Sept. 17. No matter yours truly an atheist, I consider myself fascinated with my Semitic ancestr......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Time Is On Both Their Sides
...Another war, another truce Israel leaves so many ends loose, and yet Dozens die, so Thousands may live The horrific result full-scale war might give The Jewish State pulled out of G......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, friendship, future, time, war,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Essence of Yom Kippur, Outside of Synagogue
...I’m sorry, honey. O.K. I accept your apology. No, wait. Hold on. What is it? I mean it. I'm really sorry. Are you? Yes, I am. How would I know? I’ve thought about what I’ve done. ......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, forgiveness, holiday, jewish, sorry,
Form: Free verse
Rosh Hashshana 2022
...No matter yours truly an atheist, I consider myself fascinated with my ancestry x cited regarding: upcoming Jewish holiday fast approaching by the bewitching hour which doth hold key to Chambe......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dressed For the Occasion
...In Jerusalem's Holy Temple the High Priest entered the Holy-of-Holies once a year on that Holiest of Days, Yom Kippur From the top of his exotic, oriental turban dressed for the occasion......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, clothes, fashion, god, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member We Need a Savior - the Prose Poem Style
...~ We Need A Savior ~ ( Prose Poem ) ~O~ Sometimes when we think so much about tomorrow we get so concerned n stressed about it. In minutes or in a split of a second, we migh......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form: Free verse
Erev
...In Hebrew, “erev,” (evening) Means the ending and the start, Both happening together, Nothing setting them apart. For at sundown, daytime’s over But all holidays begin, As most Jewish people ......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, holiday, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Julie the Stripper Was Pretty Chipper
...{Hey, Where'd My Audience Go?} Broke, Julie became a sexy stripper Soon her bank account was pretty chipper Her boyfriend treated her well Then they moved to Israel Julie's first perform......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, dance, jewish, religious, sexy,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member The Last Dance
...Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur Day of Judgment, Day of Atonement Weeping openly in synagogue Praying for our very lives As if our hair were on fire... Sukkoth, Festival of Tabernacles C......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, celebration, dance, god, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Shadows Are Me
...SHADOWS ARE ME I am there, but I am not. I seem to be, but how could I? I am my pain, which can’t be seen. A shadow of yesterday, smoke in your eye. My words are the wind. My wishes......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, dark,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Day Overwhelms Me
...The day overwhelms me I stand naked before the Creator My sins and stains exposed on this, the Day of Atonement How can one atone for all the iniquities of the year that has passed Word......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, forgiveness, jewish,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Do You Know Me
...My friend, do you know me? I am a Pharisee No, not per the dictionary Which mischaracterizes my beliefs and me For while he keeps the tradition, it's true A Pharisee's an ever-evolving ......Read the rest...
Categories: yom kippur, identity, jewish, today,
Form: Rhyme

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