Screaming Into the Void

When the Center Cannot Hold

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the…

Sep 29 • 

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July 2025

The Broken Covenant

When I was 16 I wanted to join the IDF.

Jul 25 • 

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May 2025

Why Read?

Sometimes I feel like I’m being gaslit by my students as I try to convince them how great and important reading is. “No one actually likes to read…

May 19 • 

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April 2025

Dayenu: On Gratitude

Sometimes it’s hard to feel grateful.

Apr 15 • 

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March 2025

The Hurly-Burly of it All

When the hurly-burly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won.

Mar 26 • 

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February 2025

Soma

Soma is more than just a drug, it’s a mindset. It’s a numbing of the self to the world around us. Soma is the rejection of care, of compassion, it is a…

Feb 19 • 

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Rage

Disclaimer: I am writing this from a place of anger. Lately my vision has been shifting through vacillating shades of red. I have been trying to not…

Feb 5 • 

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January 2025

The Winter of Our Discontent

“We can shoot rockets into space but we can’t cure anger or discontent.” John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

Jan 17 • 

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December 2024

The Monsters in Our Minds

Let me start by saying what this post is NOT:This post is not a woe is me complaint about my mental health. I’ve never pretended to be a closed book (as…

Dec 9, 2024 • 

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The World Has No Meaning, Isn't That Great?

Lately I’ve been steeped, as I’m sure many currently are, in the daily questioning of the meaning of it all.

Dec 3, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Poem: Thou Mayest

No one is coming to save us You can cry to the heavens, Will we overcome?

Nov 8, 2024 • 

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September 2024

Poem: Reunion

Maybe we should have moved A long time ago Brittany says to Ashley We used to go together We would drive in circles Just to keep talking She’d smile and…

Sep 16, 2024 • 

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