I
If only they had
stopped and asked for directions.
Less than forty years.
II
Tough choice: Succumb to
approaching Egyptians or
walk into the sea.
III
Walls of water, and
a cloud pillar protects us
from the swords behind.
IV
Egyptians think the
space between water walls is
for them too. It’s not.
V
One of our oldest
traditions began in the
desert – complaining.
VI
Manna encased in
layers morning dew. A
sandwich from Heaven.
VII
If your parents said
not to talk to rocks, you should
refer them to God.
Los Angeles poet Rick Lupert created a the Poetry Super Highway (an online publication and resource for poets), and hosted the Cobalt Cafe weekly poetry reading for almost 21 years. He’s authored 20 collections of poetry, including “I’m a Jew, Are You” (Jewish themed poems) and “Feeding Holy Cats” (Poetry written while a staff member on the first Birthright Israel trip), and most recently “Donut Famine” (Rothco Press, December 2016) and edited the anthologies “Ekphrastia Gone Wild”, “A Poet’s Haggadah”, and “The Night Goes on All Night.” He writes the daily web comic “Cat and Banana” with fellow Los Angeles poet Brendan Constantine. He’s widely published and reads his poetry wherever they let him.
