Blast of Shofar
Rabbi Yossi Laufer of the Warwick Chabad blows the shofar during Elul.
Dori Adler.
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TODAY the shofar
Shook me awake —
From somewhere afar —
With piercing sounds’ quake
To make me take note
Taking in a blast’s scream
Shivering … antidote …
Into a truer dream.
JEREMY FRIEDMAN is a Massachusetts-based lawyer and poet. This poem is a take on Robert Frost's "Dust of Snow" from the author's book "11 New Roads Not Taken" (11newroads.com). It is published with his permission.
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