Paradise Collectors: A Book of Jewish Poetry: 2023 edition

By D.L. Lang

Paradise Collectors is a compilation of Jewish themed poetry, featuring poems inspired by Judaism, Jewish holidays, and Jewish practice from D.L. Lang's previous books and a few new additions. Includes "Turning" previously published on ReformJudaism.org , "Prayer for the Shomrim" previously published in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles , "I Pray For My People" originally appears in Am Israel Chai , "Hanukkah Time" originally appears in Happy Fukkadays 2 U from the Alien Buddha and "Is" previously published in the Marin Poetry Center anthology Vol 21 , and winner of 3rd place at the 2019 Solano County Fair. It include numerous occasional poems written for Jewish celebrations. This collection originally grew out of my building a set for a synagogue reading in Napa, and I continued to add onto it. The title comes from a quote I read in May 2018: "Paradise is scattered over the whole earth and that is why it has become so unrecognizable." - Novalis It struck me and others as a very Kabbalistic quote. I wrote the title poem Paradise Collectors after reading that quote in a horoscope. We are paradise collectors and one day, we shall find it. Together. This is a revised edition and contains additional poems inspired by Jewish life written in the 2020s.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CQRJZLXG
• ISBN13: 9798872502203
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 86 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"