Adar 5768
a month of increased joy
endless sirens in
strains of music from wedding halls
eight boys butchered in the yeshiva library
fragrance of cherry blossom
eight funerals on Friday afternoon
a satin robe of peacock blue
Eight boys, Doron
Meherete, 26, Yehonadav
Haim Hirshfeld, 19, Roi Roth, 18, Yochai Lifshitz, 17, Yonathan Yitzchak Eldar,
16, Avraham David Moses, 16, Segev P'niel Avihail, 15, and Neriah Cohen, 15, were murdered in the shooting at
This poem first appeared in The Deronda Review, Spring-Summer 2008