Howard Schwartz is a storyteller, a folklorist, a scholar, and a poet. He's collected many Jewish stories, my favorites being found in Lilith's Cave: Jewish Tales of the Supernatural, Elijah's Violin & Other Jewish Fairy Tales and Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism.
He has a new collection of poems out: Breathing in the Dark. This is a sample (which is also posted on the publisher's website cited above. You can buy the book there.) I love it because I feel like I am always on a quest. I'm also searching for my Jerusalem. I thought I'd share this as a Shabbat gift to you all.
It's also a Shabbat homework assignment. Where is your Jerusalem? Can you always find it at 31°47'N, 35°12'E? Shabbat Shalom.
He has a new collection of poems out: Breathing in the Dark. This is a sample (which is also posted on the publisher's website cited above. You can buy the book there.) I love it because I feel like I am always on a quest. I'm also searching for my Jerusalem. I thought I'd share this as a Shabbat gift to you all.
It's also a Shabbat homework assignment. Where is your Jerusalem? Can you always find it at 31°47'N, 35°12'E? Shabbat Shalom.
The first time
I went on a quest
for forbidden fruit.
I went on a quest
for forbidden fruit.
The second time
I built an ark
and tried to get there by sea.
I built an ark
and tried to get there by sea.
The third time
I came in search of my ancestor,
Abraham.
I came in search of my ancestor,
Abraham.
If the sun was hidden
I let the stars
guide me.
I let the stars
guide me.
If the tablets were broken
I carved
new ones.
I carved
new ones.
In the future
my bones
will roll to that city.
my bones
will roll to that city.
Last night
I dreamed
I was swimming there.
I dreamed
I was swimming there.
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