I have been teaching Creative Writing, in both English and Hebrew, for more than thirty years. I’ve taught children as young as nine and adults up to the age of 95. i have published many of the student work in booklets and some of the students have had their works featured in regional student books of creative writing. Some of the youngsters and adults went on to become published poets or authors. Jewish Action featured some of my students in an article called “The Women Writers of Gush Katif,” in the summer of 2005. For eight years I taught in the senior center of Gush Etzion, and we published a book of their work called, The Golden Pens of Gush Etzion.<\/p>\n
While most of Israel (and much of the world) is in some level of quarantine, I created Facebook postings called, “Creative Writing through Corona” with a new exercise almost every day.<\/p>\n
Here are just a few fruits of the labor of some of our writers, and also some writers from the “Morningcoffeehaiku” Facebook group created by Batya Spiegelman Medad. I had explained that, contrary to common wisdom, haikus do not have to be 5-7-5 syllables.<\/p>\n
Elisheva Horowitz, Maale Adumim<\/strong> What will today bring It’s newborn fig leaves Miriam Kates Lock, Efrat<\/strong> Ariella McCauley Kopels, Kibbutz Maale Gilboa<\/strong> Linda Nussbaum, Brookline, Mass.<\/strong> Sharon Katz, Efrat<\/strong> Cindy Schwartz Kline, Beit Shemesh<\/strong> Esther Lixenberg Bloch, Elazar, Gush Etzion<\/strong> Jessica Weinberger, Efrat<\/strong> Batya Spiegelman Medad, Shilo<\/strong> Shannon Nuszen, Elazar, Gush Etzion<\/strong> Toby Klein Greenwald, Efrat<\/strong> I have been teaching Creative Writing, in both English and Hebrew, for more than thirty years. I’ve taught children as young as nine and adults up to the age of 95. i have published many of the student work in booklets and some of the students have had their works featured in regional student books<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nHope and Lament (Yom Hashoah 5780\/ 2020)<\/em>
\nDespite the Virus
\nWe see here in Israel
\nMuch reason for hope<\/p>\n
\nRising to the occasion
\nGrateful for each breath<\/p>\n
\nand the color of purple
\nthat bring hope today<\/p>\n
\nI think spring is almost here
\nBirds are flying home
\nBreeze on their wings, no virus<\/p>\n
\nIt’s okay to feel sad.
\nI feel sad too.
\nIt means we share the same heart.<\/p>\n
\n1.
\nOne transmitted germ
\nIn weeks can infect millions.
\nSo can our mitzvos.
\n2.
\nToddlers home all day
\nStocks of toilet paper; would
\nAnything go wrong?
\n3.
\nFinding time to learn
\nHas often been my challenge
\nNow it’s happening.<\/p>\n
\nSabba and Savta all alone
\nThinking of their family every moment always
\nLonging to be reunited. Kisses.<\/p>\n
\nWorld has gone crazy.
\nIs it justifiable?
\nBest to be careful.<\/p>\n
\nLockdown housebound time to think
\nSew or paint grey skies
\nKnowing sun will shine again<\/p>\n
\nCommunity is
\nOne “Shekedia ” tree we
\nView from our kitchen;
\nInstead of seeing
\nDarling “nechadim.” We see
\nNuts from tree blossoms.
\n(Shekedia – almond; nechadim – grandchildren)<\/p>\n
\nLocked down Passover
\nWarm spring weather escaping
\nEnjoying coffee<\/p>\n
\nShopping in a store.
\nIt’s never been so intense.
\nBathing in soap now.<\/p>\n
\nAll is in bloom now
\nI seek quiet in the hills
\nLooking inward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"