My Writings
This is a collection of poetry, some published and others only available here. Join me in exploring in a beginning, a translation of the first 28 verses of Genesis. There is only one published version by a female translator. Please note this is an unpublished manuscript.
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I have also written for the Green Fire Times.
On Living
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I live next to a cemetery
But who’s living, who’s dead?
Our way in the world is not
only catalyzed by sitting or lying down.
Maybe there’s a party in there!
Laughter beyond the Heights
I wonder in my mind, what is quiet or still?
Remember the flavor of change
You don’t need to wait for the sunrise to sing
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By Lisa Batya Friedland. Published by Academy of Heart and Mind
Become the Landscape
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When you become the landscape,
you sit here quietly, peacefully, serenely, joyfully.
Not a joy that’s a feeling,
like an emotion or something
A peaceful joy
that’s in the pulse of the rivers and sinews
The red and blue of veins
interchanging all over the place - happily.
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By Lisa Batya Friedland. Published by Academy of Heart and Mind
in a beginning
by Lisa B. Friedland
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in a beginning is a translation of the first 28 verses of Genesis. There is only 1 previously known published version by a female translator.
Please note this is an unpublished manuscript.
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in a beginning
Elohim created
the Skies & the Earth
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the Earth was Tohoo&Vohoo
and dark
on the face of the deep
and Spirit of Elohim spirited
on the face
of the Waters
Elohim said
Light, become!
and Light became
Elohim saw the Light: It’s good!
and Elohim distinguished
between the light and the dark
Elohim called the Light day
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© Lisa B. Friedland 2018
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