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When I began reading Rabbi Neil Fleischmann's blog, I became more aware of the "haiku" poetry form. I would sometimes comment on his posts in copycat haiku form, which did not come too easily for me; perhaps that form comes easily to him.
But haiku opened my mind and got my creative juices flowing.
Just today, on my desk at work, under a pile of papers I found some haiku I'd written in May/June of this year. This is not ordinary haiku; rather, it's haiku with a twist...a Jewish twist. Thus it's called Jewku.
--written May 18:
In May of this year
I discovered Jewish verse
"Jewku" I call it.
Familiar haiku
with some Jewish content (sales)
for you a bargain.
Wholesale poetry
All new, not used, metziahs.
--written May 19:
Sunday morning brunch.
a schmear of cream cheese and lox
on toasted bagel.
--written June 1:
Tribal laws decree
you are Jewish if Mom is.
Your dad does not count.
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Good cooks run rampant
amidst my family's men--
tastefully good men.
