9 Months In
July 8th, 2024
For months on end
My heart bleeding prose
Lyrics and phrases pushing their way
Through the cracks in my facade
Miriam Roskind
December 18, 2024
Tag: despair
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The Bibas Family Haiku Project
The characters will be a mother (Imma) and her two young sons in honor of the mother Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Kfir and Ariel, brutally ripped from their home in Israel and taken hostage by Hamas terrorists where they have been held apart from their father Yarden Bibas (also a hostage) in the labyrinthine tunnels of Gaza since 7 October 2023 and continuing.
Jessica Ursell
November 27, 2024
Writing from home
Broken Thoughts
A morning with 2 pairs of names
Which ones will set the tone
The lives of two so tragically lost
Or the other two, finally home
2 angels departed
2 more just returned
Miriam Roskind
February 12, 2024
Writing from home
Ninety-Seven Days
Ninety-seven walk through glue days.
In a row.
Soul rubbed raw.
For better or worse, the inside of everything is showing now.
Rivkah Lambert Adler
February 6, 2024
Writing from home
Rishon LeZion Beach 7.11.23
Who would bewail an empty beachWhose sweeps of sand that lie far and vastBecome a salty desertAs they swallow waves of uncertaintyThat gently lap against the shore Who would bewail a quiet nightWith just sea for
Hila Bar
January 31, 2024