Esti Rosen Snukal

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Oct 8, 2024, 12:24 AM

I cry olive green tears now A full cycle now completed Or is time being wicked Playing more cruel games And in its wake In its monstrous hole Empty hugs Empty chairs Empty beds Empty wedding canopies Empty milestones Empty dreams Empty hearts. Another full cycle complete, But really Incomplete. And what about tomorrow And tomorrow And...

Sep 17, 2024, 11:12 PM

Rose-Patterned China

It's hard to live in the space between good and ugly And sometimes I drown in that dark in-between Losing bits of myself as I go about my day The parts of myself that I really loved Bits of me left behind In the laundry...

Apr 16, 2024, 5:45 PM

And You Will Tell Your Children

"והגדת לבנך And you will tell your children:” Once we were slaves in a strange land. We were beaten and starved, forced to work until our hands cracked and bled in the scorching heat of the Egyptian sun. And God heard our desperate...

Mar 22, 2024, 9:47 AM

The Upside Down Blues

There once was a Place All golden and new Where down became up And false became true The trees weren't greeny Nor the clouds puffy white The air was not airy Something just wasn't right. No one knows when it started Or when it would end, This upside down...

Apr 14, 2021, 8:30 PM

I planted a pomegranate tree by the Jordan River Where the willows waved in the wind And the Ruby-crowned Kinglet Bowed her feathered head in grace and gratitude I scooped the salty earth with my fingers Cradled the cool river water with my dirt...

Jan 14, 2021, 5:39 PM

I Refuse To Believe

You and I will never see eye to eye And I refuse to believe that We can fix the world around us I know one thing for certain That all we really need is love Is a falsity My truth is all that matters And our...

Dec 30, 2019, 10:51 PM

To All Our Maccabee Warriors

To all our Maccabee warriors Out there in the big blue-grey world Rest your shield and your gauntlet If only for just a moment Rise up from wherever you are shining And take your bow This is your curtain call To all the university students Our apprentice...

Jul 14, 2019, 6:19 PM

On The Wings Of Eagles

On the wings of eagles you soar Over brown suede mountains and sapphire oceans deep. Over emerald studded pastures and fields of lavender and sage You rise Above the cotton clouds. You are still holding your breath, Every so often reminding yourself to exhale. Making little...

Mar 14, 2019, 4:20 PM

If I Met Queen Esther

If I met Queen Esther the day before Purim Walking along a dusty cobblestone path in the bright light of the crescent moon, All the stars mirrored in her jet-black hair, I would show her the legacy she left behind And the lesson and values...

Feb 6, 2019, 11:49 AM

Great Expectations

Sometimes our best and most memorable experiences are the ones we never expected, the ones we just never saw coming. I definitely have had my share of surreal surprises. In my wildest dreams I never expected that I would be the...

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About Me

Esti Rosen Snukal is a writer for the Jewish Link of New Jersey. She made Aliya with her husband and four sons on July 12, 2012 to Chashmonayim. Esti is also the adopted mom to a lone soldier from Highland Park NJ and an active volunteer at the Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin.