War Haiku
1
Before sunrise
released for publication
morning prayers
2
Mount Herzl lit up
scent of dead flowers
nearly fall
3
A line of soldiers
crossing the border
green fields
4
Between the sirens
with night falling
rain falls
5
The autumn sun.
Soldiers’ uniforms
move in the wind
6
An open door.
On the challah dough
a fly lands
7
We don’t fall asleep.
On shaking windows
night butterflies
8
A star at five
on wet hair
before the interceptions
9
Six in the morning
a knock at the door
only the wind
10
Alarm during prayer
a silent woman beside
the Torah scroll
11
Sabbath candles
angels at the door
Shalom aleichem
12
The sun suddenly
pours green on
the row of mourners
13
A flag in the rain
at the puddle’s end
bent in sorrow
14
Her hand caresses
her belly over
a tear in her garment
15
Next to thoughts
one star shakes
in the puddle waters
16
Wind at the window
a branch casts shadow
his empty room
17
His body with us
but the fire in the blue
lakes of his eyes
18
After he went off
on the Sabbath table
challah crumbs
Translation from the Hebrew
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