BAMIDBAR: DESERT POEMS

Last week I wrote a dvar Torah for Temple Beth Am's "Taste of Torah", on Bamidbar (May 14, 2021)

In the dvar, I mention a new series of poems I've been working on, inspired by a school assignment to create a water ritual. I wrote most of the poems I have so far in the desert, because the deserts are alive, even without water. Below are a few short excerpts.




































Comments

George Entenman said…
I wonder if you've been to the amazing desert near you? I wonder if they even exist unspoiled as so many were in the early 60s when I went to Pomona College? They're not the same as the deserts in your poems, but they can make the spirit soar in those wide spaces.
July 31, 2021 at 10:40 PM
Julia Knobloch said…
George, most of these poems were written or came to me in the Mojave.
August 6, 2021 at 8:46 AM
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