Psalm 84 – Drash Thread
player on the gittith
lovely
being longed, even languished.
My heart and my flesh
a home
a nest for itself,
that puts altars
praise, selah.
strength
ways
into a spring—
early rain cloaks
appear selah.
one’s face
on the threshold
living in the tents
for
grace glory
blame
(Erasure poem created by this poet of Psalm 84 from The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary, Robert Alter, W.W. Norton, Inc., NY ,NY 2007)
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Psalm 132 – Drash Thread
Ascents.
remember affliction
swore unto
vowed unto
into the tent
into the bed that is spread before me
I will not give sleep to eyes
found in the field of the wood
Of the fruit of thy body
I shall teach their children habitation
I have desired bread in plenty
I make a lamp I clothe with shame
(Erasure poem created by this poet of Psalm 132 from The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary, Robert Alter, W.W. Norton, Inc., NY ,NY 2007)
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Jonathan Memmert has poetry published in journals and anthologies such as Anti Heroin Chic, Arteidolia: Swifts and Slows, Heavy Feather Review Side A,Hole in the Head Review, Jambu Press, Lone Mountain Literary Society, Poets for Science Global Gallery, and Viridine Literary Journal, among others. He is co-editor for the poetry journal for emerging poets, The Marbled Sigh. He has an MFA from The City College of New York. He lives in New York City.