This Piercy Rosh Hashanah poem builds a poem about forgiveness and renewal from the image of a dark moon.
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Tag Archives: Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah: The Light You Seek Hides in Your Belly
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Rosh Hashanah and the American Dream
An Emma Lazarus Rosh Hashanah poem frames America as a promised land for Jews fleeing Russian prosecution.
Rosh Hashanah: Running into a New Year
Clifton’s “i am running into a new year” works as a Rosh Hashanah poem.
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Poems for Judaism’s High Holy Days
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The Light You Seek Hides in Your Belly
Piercy’s Rosh Hashanah poem uses new moon symbolism to powerful effect.
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Who Has Begotten the Drops of Dew?
To celebrate Rosh Hashanah, I share this Anthony Hecht poem about his son Adam, who needs the reassurance that God’s Adam once needed.
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Let My Words Turn into Sparks
In this Marge Piercy Rosh Hashanah poem, the poet asks how she has contributed to peace.
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Rosh Hashanah – A Stirring of Wonder
Two poems, by Muriel Rukeyser and Denise Levertov, to celebrate Rosh Hashanah by
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