A poem about the challenges of finding poetry (and meaning I can hold onto) during shloshim for my father
Category: Spoken Word Poetry
The Day After Shiva: Excruciatingly Difficult
A poem about that first day after shiva, when a mourner walks into a room of people for the first time. About my experience mourning Papa (my father Ken Kipnes).
‘Tis an Apt Metaphor for a Mourner
A poem written on a Jetblue flight carrying me home from my father's funeral. Flying as a metaphor...
Facing Shiva: I Don’t Like Being that One
Spoken word poetry about a rabbi who now has to be the one who sits shiva and let's other take care of him.
Seeing Daddy in the Mirror
Spoken word poetry about seeing Dad in the mirror, and seeing dad within me.
“Reality of a Death” Mantra
A mantra that I repeated again and again when I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that my father had in fact died.
I Never Knew: A Rabbi’s Poem about Mourning
A spoken word poem about a rabbi who realizes that after all the pastoral support for people whose loved ones have died, he never really knew what it felt like. Until his own father died.
My Congregant Was in that Dance Bar Shooting
Spoken Word Poem: Our congregant kid was in that Country Western Dance Bar. He's Okay. I'm not. I've had enough.
Vote (and here’s why): Spoken Word Poetry
Spoken Word Poetry on why American Jews must vote. Its a mitzvah!
Did God Create a World Before This One? Spoken-Word Poetry on Genesis
Did God create a world before this one? Spoken-word poetry on Genesis.
Four College Buddies, A Poem about Finding Oneself Again
Four college buddies gather together for a guy's weekend reunion. Open hearted sharing ensues. A spoken word poem.
That Hidden Pain, that Tidal Wave of Torment
A Spoken Word Poem about the pain some love with and through
I Held a Newborn Baby Today
Reflections on holding a newborn baby
Threading the Needle – Israel, Gaza, The Embassy too
Spoken word poetry seeking to find sanity during the tensions at the Gaza border.
It’s Surreal, Seeking Something after Rabbi Aaron Panken’s death
It’s Surreal: A Spoken Word Commentary. Seeking ... Something, after Rabbi Aaron Panken’s death