Tag Archives: love

The Point of a Compass

I left home before graduation and moved in with him when I was seventeen. My mother called the police and said he was “harboring a minor.” The police car picked me up at his apartment to take me home. I went back the next day. She also took my passport. I reported it as stolen, and he bought me a new one. We went to the courthouse on my 18th birthday and signed the marriage certificate. A month later, we were on a plane to Israel.

The first compasses did not always point north. Early compasses pointed east.

We are a threat to the national identity

In addition to my beloved Poets of Babel, I’ve started a new page called “We are a threat to the national identity.” It was an impromptu reaction to this article about the ban of a book (Borderlife by Dorit Rabinyan) in which there is a Jewish-Palestinian love affair. But honestly, this is really the resultContinue reading “We are a threat to the national identity”

“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!

The Sun and I

the sun burns and tear drops fall from its rays the internal combustion that is the life of us all constantly destroys itself and draws energy from destruction and the contained calamity one of these days that beautiful star is gonna burn out one of these days he’s gonna implode and leave a big blackContinue reading “The Sun and I”

The World is Such a Beautiful Place in My Fantasies

The world is such a beautiful place in my fantasies my love is eternal and my flame is not smothered by the nations my truth stands bare and knowledge is not ashamed before God my freedom is not suppressed and runs as the wind skips with leaves and rocks sip the waters of many riversContinue reading “The World is Such a Beautiful Place in My Fantasies”

I Am On a Quest…Join Me

I am on a quest. I have been travelling far and I have come to take the first step of a new path on my journey. I am here to share and bare, my words, my poetry, my lessons, my love, my joy, myself~ with you. I have come wielding only a vision, my visionContinue reading “I Am On a Quest…Join Me”