A political poem, written after 9/11, about the mistake of fighting terror as you would a conventional war:   So many years! And now w...

  A philosophical number poem about the meaning of forever:   Forever isn't endless time. It isn't time at all. For time's the...

  A 33 rd anniversary poem contrasting the sexual pleasures of love and lust:   T he passion of love, the passion of lust: H ow might ...

  A philosophical Easter poem about one way of knowing what one owes others:   E xactly who are you? Why are you here? A nd what is your pu...

  A poem for Passover about the endurance of the ritual: P erhaps there is no richer ritual: A stirring tale, food, wine, prayer, and song, ...

  A philosophical number poem listing some signs of happiness: Signs of happiness: A clear vocation; Intimacy rooted in relation; Xeroxed me...

  A poem for St. Patrick’s Day:   S ing of the home that you have never seen, T he place your ancestors once called their own! P lay t...

  A name poem for Cheryl, who has inoperable cancer:   C heryl, unlike most, had to decide, H aving inoperable cancer, whether being -- E ...

  A poem for Purim that juxtaposes human intent and God’s:   “P urim” means “lots,” which wicked Haman threw, U nderstanding thus the g...

  A number poem about being at the age of forty-three:   F orty-three's a summer afternoon O n a weekday bathed in molten light. R ivers...

  A poem for Presidents Day:   P olitics must temper greed with dreams, R egarding both as reasons to seek power, E nds that would forego ...

  A poem for Valentine’s Day:   You are the landscape of my life, The only place I feel at home, The view familiar to my heart, The woods...

  A love poem describing the experience of new love:   You're like music playing in my head Everywhere I go from day to day. I try a d...

  A poem for Holocaust Remembrance Day:   There've been, of course, many holocausts. How come only one gets to be "The"? Eac...

  A poem for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday:   Maybe racial hatred is baked in, A trait evolved through natural selection. Remember...

  A 17 th anniversary poem:   Sing of marriage and of loves that last, Each year again a cause for jubilation, Voices and arms raised in ce...

  A poem for Epiphany about the burden of an epiphany:   E very road is headed for Damascus. P ick any one you like, or randomly. I nten...

  A New Year’s poem about the artificial beauty of the border between one year and the next:   H ow beautiful the turning of the year! A  m...

  A Christmas poem about the benefits of putting reason away for the holiday:   Make time, make time to listen to your heart! Empty out your...

  A Chanukah poem about how Creation is equally a mystery to those who turn to reason or faith for an explanation:   Given that there is no ...