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Modern & Contemporary American Poetry Course

I just wanted to drop by and let you know what I’ll be doing next week: taking the free online Modern & Contemporary American Poetry Course to brush up my poetry skills. Here’s an introduction video. Check it out! Hopefully, I’ll be back sooner than usual!

Featured Guest Poem on Flashlight City Blues, Poetry by Brice Maiurro

Shoshana, Congratulations! You won! I have posted a blog entry congratulating you, and your poem has been added to the Featured Guest Poem tab of my blog. I would love to put up a picture of you, if you’d like, and a short bio. Would you send me something to that effect? i.e. “Shoshana wasContinue reading “Featured Guest Poem on Flashlight City Blues, Poetry by Brice Maiurro”

The First Poets of Babel Meeting! (…was 3 months ago!)

Four months and 16 days later, the first meeting of Poets of Babel has finally taken place and it was amazing. We were only 7, but then again 7 is the number of perfection. Ira, a Russian Israeli and Hebrew teacher arrived first. I met Ira at Hillel House in 2008 when I made myContinue reading “The First Poets of Babel Meeting! (…was 3 months ago!)”

Merħba to Poets of Babel

I believe in messages from the universe. At least over a year ago, I decided that I wanted to start a poetry club. Then, I did nothing…until today. Last Thursday, I met with two of the most awesome people I know, Marc, a former break dancer/polyglot MC turned design engineer and Nadine, a jeweler whoContinue reading “Merħba to Poets of Babel”

“No Name” Yes, Poetry, Vol. 2, Issue 11: November 2011

Sarah, Shoshana. “No Name” Yes, Poetry Volume 2, Issue 11: November 2011. And while I’m at it, I know it’s a bit late, nevertheless, here it is. My second published poem is on page 7: http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_73/12176000/12176717/3/print/november.pdf Enjoy!

“Bread, Water & Gas” The Ilanot Review, Vol.2, No. 3, Autumn 2011

Sarah, Shoshana. “Bread, Water & Gas.” The Ilanot Review Volume 2, Number 3, Autumn 2011. Now that it’s official and in print an all, I would like to share with you my first publication: http://www.biu.ac.il/HU/en/cw/ilanot/poetry/sarah.html Also, PLEASE check out the entire issue: http://www.biu.ac.il/HU/en/cw/ilanot/. At the poetry reading that took place on December 15, 2011, I enjoyedContinue reading ““Bread, Water & Gas” The Ilanot Review, Vol.2, No. 3, Autumn 2011″

Strangers

I have a confession: I’m afraid of the make-up ladies in SuperPharm. It doesn’t matter which branch; they are all the same to me. Downtown Jerusalem at 21:47 on a Sunday just looks downright seedy in general. Everyone appeared shady tonight, just like a page out of the Berenstain Bears book about strangers. For example,Continue reading “Strangers”

A Year of Transformation

{Written December 29, 2011 & January 1, 2011} “This is my inception, I’m writing my dreams” ~Common, “Blue Sky” The Dreamer, The Believer 2011 has been a great year of positive transformation. I got published (“Bread, Water and Gas” in the Ilanot Review http://www.biu.ac.il/HU/en/cw/ilanot/ & “No Name” in Yes, Poetry http://yespoetry.com/post/13311920484/vol-2-issue-11-november-2011), lost weight, and got promoted at workContinue reading “A Year of Transformation”

The Lamppost

Aside from maps and clocks and compasses, I also love lampposts. A clock is time; the human obsession of how much of it is left before we die, how it won’t wait, the only thing we can’t buy. A map is location or dislocation, finding your way or acknowledging you are lost, lost but lookingContinue reading “The Lamppost”