Hamesh Orot
Five lights on a hill
Flicker, extinguished here
They flare up in a different sphere
Bright in the night
Light in the deep darkness
They burn eternal flames,
G-dly sparks carried within.
Amalek, rises to break our will
Our land, we do not forsake
Despite those you kill.
Hamesh, five souls departed
But their lights remain
In this worldly home
And the next one
Despite the blood that stains
The floors of the home
Which was their family abode.
The light it grows strong
Because it knows where it belongs.
Five lights on a hill
Burn, beacons to the world beyond
Of humanity destroyed by brutal beings
Who have no excuse to give,
For their deed but to proclaim
Their lust to kill is greater than
Natural compassion for a sleeping babe,
Rudely awakened in her parents’ blood,
She wails and a monster with a knife turns back
Pitilessly to slit her throat
Ending a three month sojourn.
She is a small blue and white sack
Among four others
Cut down without mercy
By Evil Angels bent on destroying
The peace of Shabbat.
Master of the Universe,
Where were the Good Angels?
Were they late in coming?
Because there were many to save that night
Even as an Arab woman is delivered
Of a live baby girl
By the same medics
Who took three month old Hadas z’l
Shroud wrapped from a home on a hill
Light as a toy
But a heavier burden none should have to bear
Who tried to save young Elad
When two evil angels walked to destroy
Hamesh, the number of books in Torah
Five lights on a hill
Will burn bright
Remembered
Because you cannot break our will
Despite those you may kill
G-D the ultimate Judge, decides
Who is worthy and
Who breaks the peace that others build.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Pink Thongs in Darwin
Pink thongs in Darwin
People sit on the side walks
Talking
Litter blown against shop fronts
Like leaves in autumn
Coloured brilliant hues
Of women and children, barbeque
Fires roasting fat steak meat
But no lean hunters - they gone long ago
And in their place, men with bellies
Swollen hard with white man tucker
Suck on metal cans
Their forlorn faces marked
By the alcohol trace lines
Etched deep in their soul
Cutting it off from their land.
Families cluster
Sheltering as
Wet season rains down
Skies open wide
Birds flitter through trees
Leaves hang down
Water runs from the guttering
People curl inside
Against the weather
Piled in corners.
A man in kaki, he comes
Carrying a pile of pink thongs
In cellophane packets
Which he hands out.
A trade like Indian glass beads
Sold for a song, a drink, some sugar bag
And loose billy tea.
It stinks see
The land these people owned
It belonged to them
It healed them
It kept them clean and clear.
Now down we dragged them
Broke them men
Took them women
Took them children
See
But we give them pink thongs,
Plastic and cheap,
Some cheap, shitty hip hop songs,
Beer, white food to kill them
Take them art
Take them apart
But no put back together
Cause we too smart.
We just creep
Around them
Like cockroaches waiting for them carcasses
To lick clean.
Ilana Leeds
People sit on the side walks
Talking
Litter blown against shop fronts
Like leaves in autumn
Coloured brilliant hues
Of women and children, barbeque
Fires roasting fat steak meat
But no lean hunters - they gone long ago
And in their place, men with bellies
Swollen hard with white man tucker
Suck on metal cans
Their forlorn faces marked
By the alcohol trace lines
Etched deep in their soul
Cutting it off from their land.
Families cluster
Sheltering as
Wet season rains down
Skies open wide
Birds flitter through trees
Leaves hang down
Water runs from the guttering
People curl inside
Against the weather
Piled in corners.
A man in kaki, he comes
Carrying a pile of pink thongs
In cellophane packets
Which he hands out.
A trade like Indian glass beads
Sold for a song, a drink, some sugar bag
And loose billy tea.
It stinks see
The land these people owned
It belonged to them
It healed them
It kept them clean and clear.
Now down we dragged them
Broke them men
Took them women
Took them children
See
But we give them pink thongs,
Plastic and cheap,
Some cheap, shitty hip hop songs,
Beer, white food to kill them
Take them art
Take them apart
But no put back together
Cause we too smart.
We just creep
Around them
Like cockroaches waiting for them carcasses
To lick clean.
Ilana Leeds
Saturday, April 23, 2011
A Pesach Breakfast
A Pesach Breakfast recipe
It is so difficult to broaden menu choices when we are restricted over the Pesach holiday. But you can do it and this is a tasty easy-to-prepare breakfast for the family. You can add cheeses if you like or leave it parve. We peel all our vegetables and fruit over Pesach because of the prohibition against using Chometz and the fact that much farm produce is sprayed with all manner of insecticides and other.
Ingredients
One brown onion (finely diced)
Two large zucchinis (peeled and diced finely)
Two large firm tomatoes(peeled and fine diced)
A dob of oil or margarine (kosher Le Pesach)
A sprig of continential flat leaf parsley (washed and inspected).
Cumin
Paprika
Salt
Method
Heat the oil or margarine and add the oil and fry until it starts to caramelise
Add the zucchinis and cook a few minutes before adding the tomatoes and washed parsley. Cover and simmer on a low heat for about six to eight minutes or until soft and tender. Stir frequently.
Add the spices and salt and cover for another minute after adding and stirring well.
This is a great accompaniment for an omelette or sweet potato cakes or a hash brown of grated and fried mashed sweet potato. You can use fresh cream cheese / sour cream as a dressing if you want to have a milk meal.
It is so difficult to broaden menu choices when we are restricted over the Pesach holiday. But you can do it and this is a tasty easy-to-prepare breakfast for the family. You can add cheeses if you like or leave it parve. We peel all our vegetables and fruit over Pesach because of the prohibition against using Chometz and the fact that much farm produce is sprayed with all manner of insecticides and other.
Ingredients
One brown onion (finely diced)
Two large zucchinis (peeled and diced finely)
Two large firm tomatoes(peeled and fine diced)
A dob of oil or margarine (kosher Le Pesach)
A sprig of continential flat leaf parsley (washed and inspected).
Cumin
Paprika
Salt
Method
Heat the oil or margarine and add the oil and fry until it starts to caramelise
Add the zucchinis and cook a few minutes before adding the tomatoes and washed parsley. Cover and simmer on a low heat for about six to eight minutes or until soft and tender. Stir frequently.
Add the spices and salt and cover for another minute after adding and stirring well.
This is a great accompaniment for an omelette or sweet potato cakes or a hash brown of grated and fried mashed sweet potato. You can use fresh cream cheese / sour cream as a dressing if you want to have a milk meal.
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