Category Archives: Family



My Father

My father’s bleak shtetl,1 west of Crackow,
Welcomed a rich Jewish philanthropist,
Who asked around, and offered to endow
One bright schoolboy, provide a scholarship Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Luck

Divorce Poems

My heart’s a spider, venomous
And hidden, casting hammocks
Hung to hold your weight.
Rest here, untensed, succumb. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Pain