About The Poems

This page contains the background of when my poems were written. You can either read this separately or together with the poems by clicking the "About this Poem" link.

Learning To Mourn

I wrote this poem whilst on holiday with Aish HaTorah to Israel. It was during a period know as the Three Weeks. Jews mourn for the Temple and remember the fact it was destroyed at this time of year. One day I was sitting overlooking the Western Wall, the only remaining part of the Temple, and worte Learning To Mourn. Return

When I Next See You

This is yet another poem about my feelings for Juliet. This poem was written with just less than 3 weeks left until study leave started. It captures my feelings about the almost certain fact that after we leave school I will never see her again. Even though at the time we were friends, it still looked as if we would lose contact, forever. Return

The Rose

This is a one of my, at the moment, rare poems that are not about my feelings. It was writen on National Poetry Day. I was travelling on a long train journey and decided as it was National Poetry Day to see what I could come up with. The answer to that was The Rose. Return

Birthday Greeting

This poem was written the day after my 19^th birthday. It was written to a close friend of mine who called me on my birthday and made my day just by calling. Return

The Real Battle

It was the eve of my penutemut exam and although to those that didn't know me it seemed as if exam stress was getting to me there were other reasons I doubted my ability to keep hold of my last with sanity. Return

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