Shai Goldman, at The Blogs

Jun 7, 2024, 1:45 AM

A Conversation With a Baloon (Children’s Poetry)

It was a lazy Saturday On a long summer’s afternoon And I had not a thing to do But play with my balloon. Monsieur Balloon, dear friend, said I, You are no fun, no fun at all! If I let go of you to play Without...

May 21, 2024, 12:11 AM

The Inter-Animal Court (A Satire, in Verse)

The Lion, the Vulture, and the Hyena Convened to form a court That Truth and Justice would restore And evil actors thwart. For lately evil deeds were done Which had disturbed the peace And cast a shadow o'er the land Which must be brought to cease. The...

Oct 30, 2023, 1:05 AM

A Proposal For Pro-Israel Chants

I may have a number of qualms about my Pro-Hamas copatriots on many fronts, but I have to admit that they are exceptionally good at at least one thing: crafting really catchy chants. Sure, the content of these chants...

May 2, 2023, 10:15 PM

Free Will

Shackle me in chains that I may be free! Bludgeon my face and break my sinful limbs, That they would fail to follow wayward whims! Bind my writhing body beneath the sea, Weeping on the cold sea floor! Oh, lay me Numb and maimed...

Dec 28, 2022, 5:08 AM

Judah

Stands now Judah, and looks his brother in the eyes: Not you, my lord, nor your pharaoh's crown or chair Can dare to ask my leave from here, nor can I bear To stand and watch my brother tortured with your lies! No,...

Dec 21, 2022, 10:32 PM

Joseph – Blank Verse

Enthroned and robed in royal dress sat he; His hands alone providing sustenance To nations and to men. Come all to him! Enter bowing low and humble, you princes Of distant lands: bring tribute from your best! For sustenance and life has God made...

Dec 6, 2022, 4:12 PM

Jacob and Esau

Now Jacob feels the force seep deep in all his bones — Edom hither comes; the earth below bemoans And whimpers at his heavy step, and deeply groans — But Jacob prays to He Who all protection owns.

Nov 16, 2022, 6:54 PM

Eliezer and Rebecca

And Eliezer, baffled silent, stood As she fulfilled his every wish and dream And so much more. He knew what this would mean. He saw from there that all God does is good. And so he waited patient as he could, So in the...

Sep 12, 2022, 8:32 PM

Bikkurim – a sonnet

As the builder beholds a great tower He with working hands had raised, Or the teacher, as a blooming flower Grows in its own wondrous ways; So the farmer beholds his yield, Grown by God's sweet land and he — How it colors so the...

Aug 16, 2022, 11:53 PM

Sweet Comfort – A Poem for the Weeks of Nechama

O tempest tossed and ever unconsoled! O exiled lamb, restless, wandering sheep, Crushed in lands of nations wicked and bold, And sitting alone there - how bitter, your weep! O arise! arise! dry each tear soaked cheek And don holy clothes of splendid glory! Behold!...

About Me

Shai Goldman spent three years studying talmud at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He is currently pursuing his bachelors in Computer Science at Columbia University. There, while taking the required core literature courses, he fell in love with poetry, and began writing poems of his own. His recent book, "Poems on the Parsha," is available on Amazon.