Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
Fledgling stories
Flap immature wings
In my mind,
Inchoate plots
I don’t yet
Understand.
They unfurl
Like the leaves
From a still tight closed bud –
A surprise
For the growth
That awaited
Inside.
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Story Buds
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For The Long Haul
Photo: Dvora Freedman
In places too many
On this one blue-green ball,
Children haul
More than the weight of firewood
On their backs,
Big or small.
Sorrow, loss, illness, agony
Needs unmet
Unheard calls …
Yet they are all
Our children,
Their pain is our
Shortfall.
They are worthy of better:
In the now
For the future
For humanity’s long haul.
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The Promise
Photo: Amitai Asif
At the weakened
Frigid hand
Of winter’s last stand,
Nibbles
The warm promise
Of summer sun.
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Churn and Roil
Photo: Atara Katz
In the winds
Of turmoil,
Hold on tight
Don’t recoil.
For all change,
Churn and roil,
Shapes the earth
Feeds the soil.
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Radiant Rebel
Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
The little lamp
Refused to go.
Morning or no
It dug its toe
And held on glowing
In the snow.
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Antidote
Photo: Ofir Asif
There are whispers
In the Ether,
Toxic stories meant
For loss of hope.
They are phantoms.
Do not listen as
Malignant news
Grabs scope.
Find instead
The breath of valor.
Seek the children,
Help them cope.
Hold up truth,
Unfurl your kindness
To withstand
Slithery slopes.
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You’ve Been Warned
Photo: Atara Katz
To the fingers of winter
That are still
Gripping hold:
You have done all you could
To prevail with the cold
But it’s time
To move on
Summer’s soon
You’ve been warned …
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Unbind
Photo: Amitai Asif
It is not real betrayal
To have hearts
Speak their mind.
Let the windows to you
Be the ones
You unbind.
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In a Flap?
Photo: Atara Katz
If the world’s feverish frenzies
Get you all bothered
And frantically het up,
Take a breath
Form a pause
Find a foothold to grasp,
Nothing good ever came
From fluttering in a flap.
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Momentarily Miniscule
Photo: Amitai Asif
The infinitesimal
May grow
To be
Bigger than you
Now know
To see.
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