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Local Rebel
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

0 posted 2003-07-25 02:50 PM

listen to shofar
Diaspora
it calls

it calls you
to introspection
judge yourself

we left Jerusalem
Jews
we left
to a place
we could not
choose

we left Jerusalem
Jews
and now
you offer
refuge

elegance and
beauty
you have these Diaspora

and we could
dwell in thee
but
for thee
better that
the succoth
hold us
in exodus

in exodus
forty years
to wander

we left Jerusalem
Jews
we left
to a place
we could not
choose

forsaken Diaspora
if the jewel
of Israel
with its gardens
and pools
were flung open
we would
go

back
we are
Jews

littlewing
Member Rara Avis

since 2003-03-02

Posts 9655
New York

1 posted 2003-07-25 07:53 PM

LR - you know . . .
this . . . a very long time ago
I posted in a forum
these very thoughts
even here I have
and you know . . .
I still await an answer
xxoo

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2003-07-25 07:57 PM

In reading this
and littlewing's comment
I believe
there will be an answer

how good of you
to introduce Diaspora
to those who
do not know.

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2003-07-25 08:07 PM

now ya had to know this would capture my attention, and ouch-ouch-ouch, so much here to comment upon, but? Not here, m'friend.

EXCELLENT!!!

(now send me some urls, you!)

or did I succeed in scaring you?
I'm not really Lileth, I just act like her occasionally.

now OPHELIA? hmmm...

perhaps.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

4 posted 2003-07-25 08:12 PM

I understand more than I will share...

as always you write with a tone of comfort.

*s
M

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2003-07-25 11:18 PM

Hey Reb Hawke, this poem and subject made me go on a web search for more information. This is very interesting. Thank you.

Hugs

Ethel

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

6 posted 2003-07-26 02:31 AM

Perhaps...

God willing...

Next year...

In Jerusalem....

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

7 posted 2003-07-26 08:29 AM

I should finish packing, I have no business reading poetry when my move is in progress. LOL, but the PC will be the last thing unplugged and out the door, and the first appliance plugged in tomorrow.
And I am glad I didn't miss this piece.
I've heard the shofar.
I've walked the streets of Jerusalem.
I've touched the wall.
I've climbed Masada.
And yet I remain scattered, a non-Jew by birth who is as much Jew in heart and soul as any other faith and heritage, who has felt and touched and lived Diaspora as a permanent state of existence.
Thank you, Reb, for another thoughtful heart and mindful piece for my library.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

8 posted 2003-07-26 09:28 AM

it calls you
to introspection
judge yourself

So does your write, my friend... so do these words. Absolutely excellent.

Local Rebel
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

9 posted 2003-07-27 02:16 PM

thanks all...
namaste

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