six hundred and thirteen seeds.
Every mitzvah held
inside this round, crimson fruit:
a fertility symbol.
An earlier version of this poem was published in The Flower Shop on the Corner (Red Penguin, 2021).
Pomegranates
six hundred and thirteen seeds.
Every mitzvah held
inside this round, crimson fruit:
a fertility symbol.
An earlier version of this poem was published in The Flower Shop on the Corner (Red Penguin, 2021).
Smoky Quartz 