AFTER LIVING IN ISRAEL BY SHARON AMOV

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

OF NEW COMPANY.

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.

Sharon Amov