Jun 2, 20221 minFall DayI’m excited and honored to announce that my poem “Are We Like That First Fall Day?” has been published on Thewiseowl.com. It also...
May 19, 20222 minThey Call Me Mellow YellowI’m learning to like yellow. Not love, mind you, just like. That’s a big accomplishment for me. For years, okay, pretty much forever,...
Apr 7, 20223 minGardens and GriefI’ve started to think about the garden and the growing season. My father loved his garden and couldn’t wait until the weather was warm...
Feb 24, 20222 minThe Art of LightRav Abraham Isaac Kook, (1865-1935), one of the fathers of religious Zionism, said in a conversation with a Jewish sculptor, “When I...
Jan 26, 20222 minFailingI’ve been thinking about failure these days. I owe it to an interview with a man who is a glassblower. The interviewer asked, “What is...
Dec 20, 20211 minCan poetry bring the dead back to life?I’m producing a documentary called AFTER in which contemporary poets perform and examine the role of art in responding to the Holocaust....
Nov 14, 20212 minWriting Like RidingI’ve been working on a long poem. And by long, I mean around 30-40 pages. My father died ten years ago. I stopped writing about six...
Nov 1, 20212 minWorth the WaitIt would be great if I could write a novel in two weeks. A poetry book shouldn’t take longer than three days, or I could pen a memoir in...