pitter patter nothing disturbs the rain
pitter patter nothing disturbs the rain
25 Jun 2026The archive
170 poems, kept by the year they were written rather than curated into a best-of. The text is as it was written.
2026 13
one day when we're all established we will reflect on how we got along when w…
one day when we're all established we will reflect on how we got along when we weren't
16 Jun 2026you may be the head but dont cut off the heels of moshaich
you may be the head but dont cut off the heels of moshaich
15 Jun 2026sunshower raindrops pick up a stroll
sunshower raindrops pick up a stroll
10 Jun 2026not old just nuance
not old just nuance
20 May 2026you in heaven can buy us stairways
you in heaven can buy us stairways
15 May 2026on the curb an orphan's cup steams
on a curb the orphan's cup steams
3 May 2026love you and live you
love you and live you run and return
21 Apr 2026it's not that moshiach is awaiting our perfection,
it's not that moshiach is awaiting our perfection, our perfection is moshiach's arrival
19 Apr 2026we may be scattered but we come together like a puzzle
we may be scattered but we come together like a puzzle
17 Apr 2026do everything for love because love is everything
do everything for love because love is everything
13 Apr 2026the divine kiss of kdoshim like we kiss a patched up siddur
the divine kiss of kdoshim like we kiss a patched up siddur
24 Mar 2026chosen is not entitlement; it's destiny
chosen is not entitlement; it's destiny
2 Jan 20262025 14
snowflakes form a hill you'll get over
snowflakes form a hill you'll get over
18 Dec 2025the leviathan shoots out of the water and takes wing
the leviathan shoots out of the water and takes wing
30 Oct 2025and they lived happily ever after
and they lived happily ever after they faced their fears and won
27 Oct 2025a room with a view and all these empty balconies
a room with a view and all these empty balconies
27 Oct 2025moshiach is one
moshiach is one inspired who teaches us all to find inspiration inside
24 Aug 2025together in the dance of i see it too
together in the dance of i see it too
3 Aug 2025if you can't find the right shul found one
if you can't find the right shul found one
29 Jul 2025i served sushi
i served sushi i had class i stopped the sushi i lost my class
29 Jul 2025when you get engaged, you better already be
when you get engaged, you better already be
27 Jul 2025looks can be deceiving, but not when you receive them
looks can be deceiving, but not when you receive them
27 Jul 2025king solomon wasn't chosen for his wisdom but because he asked for it
king solomon wasn't chosen for his wisdom but because he asked for it
27 Jul 2025a higher key above hierarchy
a higher key above hierarchy
11 Jul 2025it may take us by surprise but it feels so familiar
it may take us by surprise but it feels so familiar
27 Mar 2025an arm and a leg to get a foot in the door
an arm and a leg to get a foot in the door
25 Feb 20252024 3
the secret about a good marriage is not to have them
the secret to a good marriage is not to have them
12 Aug 2024be the fault that makes it real gems
gem be the fault that makes it real
24 Jun 2024fake it till you make...
fake it till you make... ew d'veikut till you make it
21 Mar 20242023 9
an evil mind is the bitch of evil
an evil mind is the bitch of evil
26 Oct 2023think just don't forget to feel
think just don't forget to feel
6 Oct 2023fix this puzzle one piece of infinity at a time
fix this puzzle one piece of infinity at a time
12 Sep 2023soul en route from rut
soul en route from rut
28 May 2023a true goodbye's unsaid
a true goodbye's unsaid
12 May 2023a rail
a rail over the falls flipflops
10 Apr 2023do you trust me is a onetime card
do you trust me is a onetime card
4 Apr 2023exile is cumulative but pleasure must renew
exile is cumulative but pleasure must renew
12 Mar 2023survival stories are always first person
survival stories are always first person
16 Jan 20232022 18
the river of reverie is never regret
the river of reverie is never regret
30 Nov 2022don't be the best amateur out there
don't be the best amateur out there
18 Nov 2022tame the wilderness but never your wild
tame the wilderness but never your wild
1 Nov 2022when the great shofar blows my mind with an open heart
when the great shofar blows my mind with an open heart
22 Sep 2022thank you hashem for making me thankful
thank you hashem for making me thankful
4 Sep 2022the vault contains its secret combination
the vault contains its secret combination
25 Aug 2022never rest on your laurels on a magic carpet ride
never rest on your laurels on a magic carpet ride
22 Aug 2022mindful
mindful how mind fills the ocean
19 Aug 2022only escape artists break out of genre
only escape artists break out of genre
19 Aug 2022chaotic good comes out of the chaos good
chaotic good comes out of the chaos good
10 Aug 2022marry your bestie or always have secrets
marry your bestie or always have secrets
3 Aug 2022forever lit
forever lit on moonshine city walls
15 Jul 2022there's no warmup for genuine
there's no warmup for genuine
5 Jul 2022stop the search by finding what to look for
stop the search and find what to look for
2 May 2022scholars teach
scholars teach aspiring poets to be aspiring poets
1 Apr 2022you're not the only school of thought with a breakfast club
you're not the only school of thought with a breakfast club
17 Feb 2022tree rings
tree rings climb to the top of the castle
23 Jan 2022we lost
we lost we lost dancing while dancing
15 Jan 20222021 13
cockroach
cockroach metamorphosis or just meta
26 Nov 2021sunset leaves
sunset leaves righteous impressions dawn
12 Nov 2021summer leaves
summer leaves colored leaves fall
9 Nov 2021sunshine
sunshine on the perfect spot drift wood
8 Oct 2021cocoon cocoon
cocoon cocoon but what are you becoming
22 Aug 2021breezy heat waves at your heels
breezy heat waves at her heels
15 Jul 2021black citron
black citron how a mitzva is worn
9 Jul 2021puddle
puddle robins chirp in treetops
30 Jun 20215781
5781 but you promise wrath turns to wonders
14 May 2021moshiach’s torah lights paths out of this mosh pit of wrath
moshiach’s torah lights pathways out of this mosh pit of wrath
7 May 2021i follow the suspect's footprints to the looking glass i came through
i follow the suspect's footprints to the looking glass i came through
12 Mar 2021the type of kid
the type of kid who made ya look ugly duckling
12 Feb 2021lamed vav
lamed vav need no proof so be it
20 Jan 20212020 4
YEAR OF PROPHETS
wrath reversed miracles 2020 vision
20 Nov 2020hard to know
hard to know which will take whirlwind
12 Oct 2020leaves
leaves just as the fall ballerina
1 Jun 2020the sail
the sail stops luffing glass lake
18 Mar 20202019 1
sage
sage on this rock I stand corrected
18 Jul 20192018 8
gaudy ring ] — May 17, 2018
big ring her lips smile safe
17 May 2018hunched tree
tree trunk over a pile of leaves shoelaces
2 Apr 2018wrestling ] — February 11, 2018
wrestling on the gallery floor trophies
11 Feb 2018Alone With You — January 23, 2018
Tears sown in my pillow But you don’t even know Or maybe you knew You snore right through In deep dreamless sleep I lie quietly nearby Waking as the one Who loved me in my dream fades And again I face One more day With you Alone
23 Jan 2018Night Marriage — January 9, 2018
Awake to face the day Get up and turn away From this endless Haunting Nightmarriage
9 Jan 2018Underdrone
under the din cuddling in - blankets music, where shall we begin? they speak secrets beneath the drone and wish they were alone
5 Jan 2018Head On
alive barely at the side of the road cars at my face shoot like gunfire missing its mark my weary arms the sun sinks in her lap the horizon and me got a blind date to meet head on with indifference
4 Jan 2018From the Fall
standing in autumn trees footsteps cover with leaves i dare not move yet chills seep through my shoes i must empty my hands and be free
4 Jan 20182017 11
[ sheer brilliance ] — December 18, 2017
windows open to see a rainbow
18 Dec 2017The Worst Drug — December 10, 2017
The worst drug, pure addiction Is there a cure for this predilection? Your first thought Sole conviction Your daily confession Eternal obsession Your hunger for bread Starved but well fed Your final words Whispered in bed The dreams that haunt your head Your whole world Ad absurdum Desperate delirium Filled with fury, raw You'll claw through walls to get me
10 Dec 2017handful of seeds ] — December 4, 2017
seeds from the orchard a basketful
4 Dec 2017Undertoe
sunset, afterglow waterbed rocks to and fro slow slide of the tide aimless flow, the undertow hisses and goes back into darkness
4 Dec 2017Hieroglyphics — November 29, 2017
sarcophagus mocking us
29 Nov 2017Undone
shalom at home peace unto look right through we're not alone this I knew given the chance to what different would you do?
20 Nov 2017Steel Legacy
no atheists in a foxhole and up here, turbulence wrings out your heart opens lips soaring through the sky skin is only so thick and metal so thin so sharp on contact shrapnel obliterates completely right? signal's dead the fear is real and my legacy intact?
17 Nov 2017Deference — November 16, 2017
crystal ball shatters charts and graphs strewn and tattered deference matters
16 Nov 2017Holy of Holies — November 14, 2017
Icicles drip, healing elixir Slips through the lips of the ailing prince A torch is lit; the porch is melted The heavens held by angels’ wings A chamber of gold where cherubs embrace While the world is faced with molten vengeance May we find grace in this place we treasure It takes no space but fills us forever
14 Nov 2017To the Marrow — November 14, 2017
manna falls like dew taste all I want in you nothing left over melts like a dream thirsty doe at the stream nothing left over taste in its meat hunters savor the feast nothing left over
14 Nov 2017In the Wild — July 23, 2017
thousand-mile journey peaks turn valleys always already there
23 Jul 20172015 1
TO THE FALLEN SOLDIER
our heart goes out to the fallen soldier another casualty of war. the stakes are so real who can believe it who has the heart to feel it anymore. our heart goes out to the fallen soldier breathe life into its core. take our heart with you to Him you be its voice we can bear it no more. our heart goes out to the fallen soldier it is you whom G-d adores. how many tears we have wasted — what use is our tears when you have given your soul. our heart goes out to the fallen soldier this battlefield's taken its toll.
1 Mar 2015Undated 75
sound geometry
sound geometry riding your wake an arrow
THERE THERE
voice of fire immersed in tears if only i were there
air charged
air charged the thorns burn and burn
I… I CAN’T
touch I can't touch it simmers within yet distant, at the margin breathe I can't breathe too much smoke, too much weed I see the forest, not the trees stand I can't stand up to my neck in sand but I survived a crash land
ART LIKE SIN
Paints run ebb flow Saints come and go Sun reigns for the day Prostrates to the shore Moon ray rings glow Van Gogh frames show Fire voice glows In a geodesic dome Paint my home With the brush of Rothko Kid paints like Pollock Drips paint on the floor Though his name draws more Gaugin girls show Watcha wanna know Unmask Picasso Duchamp's urinal Stank ammonia Can you rank Mondrian With Rembrandt and Rubin? Provocative like sin And so they win
INSIDE
insatiable ineffable open
DYING TO ATTEND
Now, let's see... When is there time for just you and me? Shall we plan a summer vacation? Let's look when I'm free Oh, I'm busy this summer I have a date penciled in I'm meeting my Maker And I'm dying to attend Maybe something sooner then Like the beginning of June? Oh, I have something penciled in I'm dying then too What about next Tuesday Or Sunday afternoon? I'm dying from now to then I don't mean to be rude I'm dying this evening From morning straight through No time for anything else It's all I can do I'm busy, booked solid Every day penciled in I'm meeting my Maker And I'm dying to attend
palm tree
palm tree a boy throws stones into the pale
mountain face
mountain face pools form at its feet
SET OFF
pause for reflection still until the next drop sets off ripples tremors
SAVAGE
gesticulating tribal masks contain a much more savage fury
TOO CLOSE
the scream of angels drawn too close to the holy the trembling
bones
bones a wolf awaits the thaw
MORAL COLLAPSE
apocalypse eclipse lapse
quaking earth
quaking earth scattered blasts send them huddling
TELEPORTAL
black hole attaché case brings me places leaves no trace opens worlds takes no space closes up to save face attaché case attached to my wrist my black hole I cannot resist
WARRIOR
tempestuous circumstance poise
ONCE
slow roasting spit searing flesh in a pit once a happy child
SUFFERING
solvent salve absolves
XENOPHOBIA
urban turban banned
ATTRIBUTING FREEDOM
Beleaguered legions weary from war Some without limbs, some lacking more Hunkered in bunkers near the enemy's core Fearless in the face of gore Ruins of the wounded stifling groans Witness to horrors too horrid to be known Scars mar their insides much more than is shown A sacrifice they must own Wounded warriors in hospital corners Names of the deceased released by the coroner Politicians take polls of the plight of the mourners Promise a peaceful tomorrow Maimed men with medals reminisce at reunions Renewed with pride in place of confusion Denuded at night by nightmare intrusions Romantics pen pacts of collusion Diplomats pat backs to uproot a coup Aghast at the past, what they've asked them to do Poppies worn by proxy for the forlorn few Attribute their freedom to you
MIRROR
silver foils vision
IMPULSE
RED GREEN DANCING SCREEN DARTING EYES TIGHTENING TIES IMPULSE ON THE RISE
A GLITCH
Engine's hissing Be back in a jiffy He won't even miss me Don't touch the stick It's dangerous He listens Locks click Better be quick Try not to panic He's holding his hands to his ears scared and sick A glitch in the system Sound switched on at full emission I'm so sorry I did this Petrified lips speak volumes in silence If only my embrace could undo the trauma and violence
LOVE TAPS
Cozy bed Siren head Alarming noise Familiar voice Waking to taps Lay like lead Bright trumpets Awake the dead A personal refrain Rings in my brain Calling my name... Calling my name...
pale flesh
pale flesh dances in shadows the golden calf
eyes low
eyes low hands clasped in front bondage cel
RED ALERT
my words r urs just call me sir thought blurs in slurs i dont think think; im sure well, as it were rest assured i wont be interred as you may have inferred this is a red alert
ALARM
empty mug nightcap
in heat
in heat a tiger crouches downwind
HART OF TEN
Penultimate No worse Better to be last Than second to the first This pen, my mate Solid state Ready aim And just wait A hart of ten grazes Doe-eyed gazes Stares Crosshairs
dark valley
dark valley whitecaps rise towards a distant crest
A CURE
to love to live to give the highest bid a n y t h i n g a n y w h e r e e v e r y t h i n g
broken home
broken home a child found in ruins
blanched tree
blanched tree roots clutch the earth
UP TO ME
round little window squinting snow bright fluffy skies rubs his eyes yawns and sighs I know I won't die though I have sinned turbulence lies beneath the bed of clouds I recline in I am upright worthy to land I am loved by somebody who looks out of a round little window someone who looks up to me
NEXT TIME
I spat in the wind And that's a sin Cuz much to my chagrin It struck someone's chin Don't see how to begin To be forgiven To make it right again To make it a win I guess I'll keep my spit in Next time there's a wind
freefall
freefall the kite's string gets stuck and it soars
BREVITY
braving gravity bareback
AIRBORNE
air a parent breathes easier
BALANCE
breathtaking precipice breeze
night sky
night sky availed of its thunder hilltop accolade
hunting rifle
hunting rifle a cheetah purrs by the throne
thousands of facets
thousands of facets behold a garden flowers the taste of nectar
adoring fans
adoring fans the queen bee rests near her dead sisters
standing beneath
standing beneath a black canopy respectful distance
phoenix
phoenix crowned in petals a summons
HOMO SAPIEN
a man can bend make amends lift his head and stand straight again
chimpanzee in jeans
chimpanzee in jeans struts laughs and preens purloined pen
REBELLIOUS SON
A round, refrain Planets 'round his brain Mobile turnstile Circle single file Clicking clockwork He pedals and jerks Solar system hovers Kicks off covers Reaches for the stars Bumps into Mars Chuckles with mirth And clutches the Earth The sun and the rest Ever bow to the west
TADA!
Magic wand Fascinates Obfuscates Sleight of hand A rabbit can vanish – In its cage eating cabbage And now for my next and final feat If everyone would please stay in their seat To much applause and cheer I will make this bull disappear
FUTILE RITUAL BATH
the poor man showers as if it matters his garments hardly smell like flowers
THE INVISIBLE MAN
Here lies the invisible man This stone marks his remains where you stand He reached out to hold you – oh how he tried He waved his hands before your eyes Not even a blink; you walked straight through Now shovels are still, respect is due But low and behold So subtle yet so bold As the mourners drift by in single file He clutches the earth and smiles
GHOST TOWN
rural funeral unattended
fish turn toward
fish turn toward the current sends 'em flapping fresh catch for black bears
snow blankets the field
snow blankets the field immeasurable blue sky immaculate
two shovels
two shovels in the snow angels
eyes squint
eyes squint playing catch in the park forever twilight
a swing
a swing over piles of leaves shoelaces
streams
streams out to the lane sneakers
autumn leaves
autumn leaves he gathers a bunch and drifts off again
NOT ESPECIALLY
apostrophe s possessive at best obsessive when pressed a character nonetheless with this I've been blessed a gift I possess though I must confess it's used under duress
AURA
phonetics linguistic harmonics
cascading clouds
cascading clouds a fortress of ice reaches heavenward
blossoms emerge
blossoms tangled branches iris
ocean
ocean lotus petals face the horizon
radiant plumage
radiant plumage the peacock displays its glory
I WILL AGAIN
a baby step a perfect pool a school of fish a rainbow swimming a palette mixing a prism passing a glimpse from afar a lightning thunders a window shudders a crystal shatters a moment matters a child stutters a mother yawns a new day dawns I will dive into this pool again I will take your hand
the whisper of mist
a mist lost in distant icebergs
MESSIAH
clandestine destined dynasty
A SIGN
I stand up here against the wall The sun beats down upon me While l wait. The color has long since Been blanched from my face My features are indiscernible Like a fading memory Who will recognize me? I am a sign. There was a time I blazed in glory My countenance dimmed the sun Masses paraded before me I was their banner of pride A sign of hope, a wonder. But perhaps this fate is more heroic What comes easy under the sun? I am a weathered fortress A hard-earned medal A sign of perseverance Suffering, merit. I stand up here against the wall The sun beats down upon me While I wait.
A TIME TO TEACH
a mother begging a doctor injecting a newborn struggling ten nurses running a father pleading praying beseeching little knows he it's just doctor teaching
ABSENCE
see vacant seat
IN THE SHADOW OF A GLACIER
O glacier patient sway Nothing mortal in your way Ancient rhythm primordial play Did you cover ground today? Poets pine for words to say What only silence gives away Under the shadow of endless day I fill my lungs and pray
thousand-mile journey
thousand-mile journey peaks turn valleys – always already there