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Guardians of the Fire

I’ve been trying to create a new poem to replace the one by Arthur Waskow that I used in my Haggadah last year. I love his poem, but it didn’t quite express what I wanted. I wrote this, and think it...

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Three Three-line Poems

In May, 2004, I took a trip to Yellowstone Park. It was amazing beyond words, but I resort to words none-the-less. Here are three three-line poems I wrote on that trip.   The Raven I saw a raven soar....

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Memorial Day Poems

Both of these poems were written during a walking meditation ritual  on Memorial Day, 2006. The ghosts of Korea rise in the night Scared young boys haunt my sight Through them walk the living hushed...

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What If: Pain became Poetry

 Part of the series of “What If” Poems  inspired by the “words that shimmer” episode of OnBeing.  “I was thinking about the act of asking real questions in poems as a kind of spiritual practice. I ask...

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What If We Told the Truth?

 Another in the series of “What If” Poems  inspired by the “words that shimmer” episode of OnBeing “I was thinking about the act of asking real questions in poems as a kind of spiritual practice. I ask...

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Poem for Adar & Purim: Light and Dark

New poem for Adar exploring the distinctions that help us understand holiness, through Chava & Lilith and Esther & Vashti Chava and Lilith, two sides of the same coin Chava, mother of all...

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Poem for Passover

I’ve been very much rethinking my haggadah for this year, and working on a new version (which I hope to have ready for you all next year). Over on Facebook, I’ve been sharing some of my interpretations...

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Untitled: A Poem for Memorial Day

New poem for memorial day using original structure I’ve been experimenting with. About the Poem Image Credits This poem is written in a new format I am playing with, which is inspired by Haiku (5, 7,...

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Human, a psalm

Donate to the Red Cross. G-d gave the earth to us, humanity exults. Then the fires come We are special and unique, humanity cries. Then the earth shakes We are the masters of the earth, humanity says....

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Existance Strategy

It’s not how your earn your income It’s about how you earn your keep Each day     Each moment         Each breath             Each step It’s not about how you pay your bills It’s about how you live...

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Kaddish

I have been wanting to write a mourner’s kaddish that would serve myself and other earth-based magickal Jews. I’ve found it difficult because I wanted to keep the core theology of the traditional,...

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Re-Dedicating the Temple

Once we had The Temple where we made sacrifices of precious blood and grain. Now we we have temples where people pray, but few truly give offerings. The darkness. The darkness. The darkness. Doesn’t...

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Guardians of the Fire

I’ve been trying to create a new poem to replace the one by Arthur Waskow that I used in my Haggadah last year. I love his poem, but it didn’t quite express what I wanted. I wrote this, and think it...

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Three Three-line Poems

In May, 2004, I took a trip to Yellowstone Park. It was amazing beyond words, but I resort to words none-the-less. Here are three three-line poems I wrote on that trip.   The Raven I saw a raven soar....

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Memorial Day Poems

Both of these poems were written during a walking meditation ritual  on Memorial Day, 2006. The ghosts of Korea rise in the night Scared young boys haunt my sight Through them walk the living hushed...

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What If: Pain became Poetry

 Part of the series of “What If” Poems  inspired by the “words that shimmer” episode of OnBeing.  “I was thinking about the act of asking real questions in poems as a kind of spiritual practice. I ask...

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What If We Told the Truth?

 Another in the series of “What If” Poems  inspired by the “words that shimmer” episode of OnBeing “I was thinking about the act of asking real questions in poems as a kind of spiritual practice. I ask...

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Poem for Adar & Purim: Light and Dark

New poem for Adar exploring the distinctions that help us understand holiness, through Chava & Lilith and Esther & Vashti Chava and Lilith, two sides of the same coin Chava, mother of all...

View Article

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Poem for Passover

I’ve been very much rethinking my haggadah for this year, and working on a new version (which I hope to have ready for you all next year). Over on Facebook, I’ve been sharing some of my interpretations...

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Untitled: A Poem for Memorial Day

New poem for memorial day using original structure I’ve been experimenting with. About the Poem Image Credits This poem is written in a new format I am playing with, which is inspired by Haiku (5, 7,...

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