Ryfkah comes to us from L.A., California, USA, where she is doing field work for UCLA as a reading specialist.

The Pope’s Red Shoes

I called across the canyon

The snake wind echoed my name

Red shoes fell from the sky

like stardust or manna from heaven

Singing over the rainbow

and tap dancing on the good ship

lollypop I narrowed my vision

picked up a pair to wear

My feet glistened crimson

sparkled with rubies

ignited vermilion flames

My name still resonated

the Voice of G-d

The canyon’s red walls paled

The sun lost its searing glow

Other red shoes crept away

into ancient crevices or hid

under boulders billions of eons

I tapped my heels together

in prayer in emulation of ?

The canyon whirlwinded away

The sky flew by on its broom

I found my beyond home 

sweet

home

Ryfkah 4/20/08

She says:

“I teach 2nd grade every day, high school after school twice a week, preschool after school twice a week.  English language development for all of 2nd grade three times a week, and Sunday school at my synagogue.”