Monthly Archives: December 2011

So what is the beginning of a prayer When one is bound to carry through? If I enter Your house Is there no retreat Until I fast repeat Those certain words of truth? So where is the beginning of a … Continue reading →

Seven days without a dream Without a trace of fire in the night Without a visit from the heavens I’ve been left far behind Forgotten in the rear While others have been Led to safety Seven days without a dream … Continue reading →

He stood to praise the minor miracle To seek blessing at the Coming of the new moon When dusty from the road came upon them Rav, the son of Shava, Rabbi with few students Not impressed with dust or paltry … Continue reading →

Where are you, Helen Hall? / Where lies your play of words? /Where lies your book, your soul?/ A poet I well recall.  Where are you, Helen Hall? / Among your brethren cold/ But while you lived you wrote / … Continue reading →

At one point, Anne and Drew lived what they thought was a normal, middle class life.  Drew left the finances to his wife, but didn’t realize until it was too late that she was becoming extremely absent-minded.  One month, for … Continue reading →

                                     “Make your ear hear what your mouth utters” But how does one hear even a loud noise When the heart is shut against the world? How much of the Holy must be imagined Before It can be ignored to remain Held in … Continue reading →