AFTER LIVING IN ISRAEL
FOR TWO BUSY YEARS,
WITH SOME OF MY LAUGHTER
AND SOME OF MY TEARS,
I FOUND THAT IT WAS A
SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TIME
TO MAKE EVERYTHING SOLID,
TO MAKE EVERYTHING RHYME.
I JOINED THE WRITERS' AND POETS' MEETINGS
IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND FRIENDSHIP
AND A SOME VERY WARM GREETINGS.
IT IS NOT SO EASY TO DO
BUT WORTHWHILE TO LEARN
WHAT THE MEMBERS WANT AND
WHAT THEY ALL YEARN
FOR, AND SO I CHOSE HAIFA
A VIBRANT CITY FOR ME.
IT BRINGS ABOUT THE PLEASURE
ISRAEL ITSELF IS A MIXTURE OF PLACES
SO MANY NEW HORIZONS
SO MANY NEW FACES.
OF COURSE, I DO MISS
MY OLD U.S.A. HOME
BUT THAT IS FADING,
JUST LIKE AN OLD POEM.
AND ONCE AGAIN I SIT
HERE ALL ALONE.
WAITING FOR A CALL
ON THE TELEPHONE.
IT RINGS AND I HEAR
A BRAND NEW FRIEND
SPEAKING TO ME ON
THE OTHER END.
"LET'S GO OUT TO A
CONCERT OR A SHOW".
AND I AM ALWAYS
WILLING TO GO.
AND THEN MY DAUGHTER
GIVES ME A CALL.
"COME FOR DINNER AND
BRING THE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN,
ONE AND ALL"..
MY FAMILY HAS HELPED ME
IN SO MANY WAYS,
TO ENJOY MY NEW LIFE
AND TO ENRICH ALL MY DAYS.
IT SEEMS THAT ALL OF OUR EFFORTS
HAVE BENEFITED EACH AND EVERY ONE
AND WE WILL LIVE IN HARMONY AND LOVE
FOR ALL OF THE MANY YEARS TO COME.
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| Sharon Amov |
