A poem for Yom Kippur about a congregant who has doubts about the efficacy of prayer but prays out of love for the ritual:   Y ou wonder w...

  A Rosh Hashanah poem about the need for communal atonement:   R osh Hashanah opens to the page O n which is writ, for good or ill, our fa...

  A name poem for Adelaide about an abused child who grows up with an exaggerated fear of conflict:   A delaide is gracious to a fault, ...

  A calendar poem for September:   S eptember lingers in the arms of love E ven as a certain crispness calls. P erhaps some fear she's...

  A Labor Day poem about the dignity of labor:   Labor is a blessing and a curse, As one must work to live and live to work. Better jobs t...

  A psychological poem about unconscious change:   Movement comes most often without motion. Incremental thaws can peel a rock. Years wash...

  A poem about the difficulty of freeing oneself from an addiction:   There is a joy that banishes all reason, An ecstasy so vast it ha...