ben Alexander

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1. […] challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry.. This form pf poetry is inspired by art or photographs.  David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, provided the photo for this month’s challenge. You can find […]

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2. […] challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry, inspired by visual art or photographs. David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, provided the photo for this month’s […]

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3. […] challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry, inspired by visual art or photographs. David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, provided the photo for this month’s […]

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4. […] challenge, which asks for us to create a specific syllabic poem based on a Photograph provided by David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, provided the photo for this month’s […]

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5. […] challenge explores Ekphrastic poetry, inspired by visual art or photographs. David, from the Skeptic’s Kaddish, provided the photo for this month’s […]

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6. David, I read your poem about seeing your father seeing you, which is very moving. But I cant find a way to leave a comment..except here on your about page…?????????? I wanted to thank you for your wonderful comment on my blog. I appreciate it……it is hard to find words for such horrors. My spirit is swamped with how much is wrong everywhere………yet thank heaven for the release of words, it helps. Your family story would make an incredible memoir. I hope you are writing it.

   1. 💛 Sherry 💛 ~ thanks so much. I agree with you about the release… But sometimes, for me, it feels not enough…

7. Thanks for visiting my site, David! Just starting out and it means a lot. I’m looking around your site and I love your poems! Looking forward to reading them regularly. Shalom.

   1. Thanks, Barbara. It’s nice to meet you 😊

      If you need tips on blogging, I’ve published some on my blog here:

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      1. Awesome.Thanks!

8. David, how do you get your poetry to show up like this: https://skepticskaddish.com/poetry/??? I’ve adopted this theme, but can’t figure out how you get this linkup of poetry to look so great! Thanks. ~Colleen~

   1. it’s just a bulleted list that I manually maintain, Colleen – I wasn’t satisfied with the automatic feed that WordPress provides, and this allows me to tag my poems with relevant words if I want to search for them later…

      1. I looked for something like this myself. This is brilliant! I like your sense of organization.

         1. or sense of anal retentiveness 😉

            1. Don’t go there! I worked in accounting for over 20 years… LOL! 😀

9. […] And I have met a wonderful group of bloggers at David ben Alexander’s Poetry blog https://skepticskaddish.com/about/ […]

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10. Shalom, David!
    I appreciate your poem “ben Alexander.” It reminded me of my own father who passed away over 5 years ago. He loved poetry and recited some by heart. I hope you visit Israel some day with my friends from the Philippines. I learned biblical Hebrew from a professor who used English as a medium of instruction but our vocabulary words and translations from the TANAHK were in Hiligaynon (A regional language spoken by Filipinos who live in the islands of Panay and Negros, but many are residing all over the world including Israel.) My Hebrew is not so good anymore for lack if use but I enjoyed learning it and hope to do more study of this beautiful language. Best to you!
    – Carla

    1. Carla – I just realized that I never responded to this lovely comment of yours! It wasn’t intentional… I’m really sorry about that… sometimes these comments just slip through the cracks!

       Thank you for visiting me.

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       David

       1. No worries David! I appreciate your reply! As my professor in Spanish taught me many years ago, “mas vale tarde que nunca,” better late than never. 😊

          1. Thanks, Carla. I do try to respond to all comments ❣️

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             2. You’re welcome, David! Blessings!

11. Shalom from Germany. Israel is really a beautiful country and Jerusalem a holy city. I want to visit in the future.

    1. Hallo Timo! Es ist schön, Sie kennenzulernen. (Dies wurde mit Google Translate geschrieben!)

       -David

       1. Toda raba, naim meod! 🙂

12. Hello, David! I wish you a happy new year!!! Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post. I appreciate it.

    1. Nice to meet you, Valentina ~ I loved the imagery you employed!

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       David