Poetry Submission: On Forgiveness – Erev Rosh Hashanah

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On Forgiveness – Erev Rosh Hashanah
by Sarah Feld 
   
After struggling to be conceived,
the spirit of forgiveness
is passionately born
in the appointed season
 
In Elul
it becomes a relentless force
if we treasure
our soul’s redemption
 
HaShem, in this world
of optical delusions
help us
to let go
 
of our ego, pride
and self- righteous anger
Please HaShem,
guide us to accept others
 
Let Your Loving Light
permeate our consciousness
inspiring us
to love – and forgive
 
And please, G-d protect us
in Your judgment
in the coming
awe-inspiring, Holy days 

 

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Poetry Submission: Wing Man - for Assaf Ramon

There is a solitary beauty in solo flight

Flying free with no one there just you alone

A t first sight alone might feel right yet it's like flying with a part of the sky being out of sight

A wingman brings life to that death's night

Father, for too long you have flown alone

Always with a dark spot where the light that should have shone

Turn now and see that light shining bright both day or night

Your son is here and his wing is now and forever tight

Both now forever flying safe always in total light

Silver wings now angels gold as father and son fly forever together never again to be alone

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Poetry Submission: Elegy for Captain Assaf Ramon

Elegy for a Posthumous Captain (for Assaf Ramon)
by Brandon Marlon

How bitterly Israel’s heroes are felled and fallen!
Like sovereign Saul and loyal Jonathan
Projected in the air above Bet She’an
Dynastic champions are again claimed by greedy skies

How bereft is the Hebrew tribe of its defenders!
When its finest are tragically short-lived
Like the sages of old in Latin times
Spared the horrors still to come

How dark is this hour among Jacob’s tents!
We are all tempted to out-weep our mother Rachel
Yet somehow the anguish is utterly too much
Piercing the heart like an F-16 through the sound barrier

How much ash must be doused upon Israel’s head?
How deep should the gash in the garment be?
Woe to the nation losing father and son…
…from the heights of Gilboa to the hills of Hebron!

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