Peace and War – Israel Haiku http://israelhaiku.com short poems from a troubled land Tue, 19 May 2020 22:11:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 Candles http://israelhaiku.com/candles/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 22:11:21 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=672 for how long will we light candles for soldiers?

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will we light candles
for soldiers?

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]]> Each Night http://israelhaiku.com/each-night/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:08:59 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=670 each night rereading the eulogy to convince himself

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rereading the eulogy
to convince himself

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]]> Three Hasidic Boys http://israelhaiku.com/three-hasidic-boys/ Fri, 17 May 2019 01:51:41 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=643 three Hasidic boys slide down its slick rooftop bomb shelter

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slide down its slick rooftop
bomb shelter

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]]> 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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]]> Counting The Rings http://israelhaiku.com/counting-the-rings/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:01:41 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=609 counting the rings of the pine tree’s stump – its own share of war

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of the pine tree’s stump –
its own share of war

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]]> Pockmarked Wall http://israelhaiku.com/pockmarked-wall/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:39:41 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=590 pockmarked wall: bullet shells still lodged deep within

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bullet shells still lodged
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]]> Pink Oleanders http://israelhaiku.com/hannah-senesh/ Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:58:59 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=574 pink oleanders and the waves of the sea – may they never cease for Hannah Senesh —————————————————- Hannah Senesh, a poet and Hungarian native, was one of 37 Jewish parachutists sent by the British Army from Mandate Palestine to try to save Hungarian Jews who were about to be deported to Auschwitz. She was captured […]

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and the waves of the sea –
may they never cease

for Hannah Senesh

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Hannah Senesh, a poet and Hungarian native, was one of 37 Jewish parachutists sent by the British Army from Mandate Palestine to try to save Hungarian Jews who were about to be deported to Auschwitz. She was captured almost immediately, tortured by the Gestapo and shot.

You can learn more about her brief life of 23 years in this trailer for the film, “Blessed is the Match.”

 

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]]> Old Veterans http://israelhaiku.com/old-veterans/ Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:13:44 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=570 old veterans revisit a battlefield arm in arm

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revisit a battlefield
arm in arm

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]]> Prayer Slips Lie http://israelhaiku.com/prayer-slips-lie/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:11:51 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=562 prayer slips lie between the stones . . . side by side

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between the stones . . .
side by side

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]]> Tall Pine http://israelhaiku.com/tall-pine/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:29:22 +0000 http://israelhaiku.com/?p=553 tall pine how it rustled in the war, is still rustling

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how it rustled in the war,
is still rustling

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