Holidays – Israel Haiku http://israelhaiku.com short poems from a troubled land Thu, 02 May 2019 18:21:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 Butterfly http://israelhaiku.com/butterfly/ Thu, 02 May 2019 18:20:53 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=627 Yom HaShoah — a butterfly . . . at rest . . . remembering

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a butterfly . . . at rest . . . remembering

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]]> Lone Kitten http://israelhaiku.com/lone-kitten/ Thu, 18 Apr 2019 13:45:22 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=613 a lone kitten playing catch by itself with stale challah

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playing catch by itself
with stale challah

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]]> Independence Eve http://israelhaiku.com/independence-eve/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:03:10 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=531 my friend grinds hummus to share together — Independence Eve

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hummus to share together —
Independence Eve

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]]> Tall Sunflowers http://israelhaiku.com/tall-sunflowers/ Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:06:00 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=526 tall sunflowers . . . remembering my son, lost in battle

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remembering my son,
lost in battle

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]]> Just After Pesach http://israelhaiku.com/just-after-pesach/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 15:56:06 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=514 just after Pesach – the scent of revenge at a street rally

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the scent of revenge
at a street rally

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]]> DP Camp Photo http://israelhaiku.com/dp-camp-photo/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:07:30 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=505 at our seder far more than four questions: DP camp photo

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far more than four questions:
DP camp photo

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]]> Beggar’s Eyes http://israelhaiku.com/beggars-eyes/ Mon, 25 Dec 2017 03:02:10 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=414 the beggar’s eyes, this Christmas morning: Via Dolorosa

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this Christmas morning:
Via Dolorosa

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]]> Mea Shearim http://israelhaiku.com/mea-shearim/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:04:13 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=420 Mea Shearim — a glass menorah mirrors flickering stars

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a glass menorah mirrors
flickering stars

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]]> Hasidic Kids http://israelhaiku.com/hasidic-kids-2/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:16:22 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=416 Hasidic kids press close to the popcorn maker: late Chanukah eve

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close to the popcorn maker:
late Chanukah eve

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]]> In His Succah http://israelhaiku.com/in-his-succah/ Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:00:56 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=321 wounded in the Yom Kippur war . . . at ease in his succah I wrote this poem about Shalom, a friend of mine who was on the front line in the Yom Kippur war. He was in one of the few tanks on the border with Egypt in 1973. When they launched a surprise […]

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in the Yom Kippur war . . .
at ease in his succah

I wrote this poem about Shalom, a friend of mine who was on the front line in the Yom Kippur war. He was in one of the few tanks on the border with Egypt in 1973. When they launched a surprise attack, his tank was hit and he got burned all over.

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