Showing up…for the Breakthrough T1D Walk to cure type 1 diabetes
Excitingly, our team Suzie’s Sweethearts had the coolest team uniform — black top hats, black pants, and black Heavy Medal Tour T-shirts — custom made with all our past event
It’s So Good to Give
Ya, know It takes so little to give so much A smile, a compliment, a twinkle To make a difference in someone’s day Let’s begin and some tomorrow Hey! You are amazing Grab my ar
Jewish Geography
Dear, who are your parents? You look so familiar Don’t we all or Do we? I’m just me Somehow we need to be Familiar to each other To feel comfort To be kin within But…I’m ju
Now, I Light My Candles
I’ve changed, the world has changed Too much has happened that’s senseless Painful, horrible, deplorable, ugly, and awful So, I search for meaning and understanding Per
Giving
As we sat around the table one Friday night My Father told us to give Anything you have old or new Your time, your clothing, your love He said, “It’s what us Jews do” And so
Off The Cliff
To be with you Pretzeled legs and arms Tasting your dashing breath Beast to my breasts Curiosity is choking I need to jump Off the cliff of my life From all I’ve known it to
Hushhhhhnesssss
I just need to rest on your chest Pull the covers over me Let me hold you Darlin Let me listen to your beating Let me listen to your breathing Let me wrap my leg over yours I’
iPray
Everyday For something, everything One thing. Peace, solitude, happiness, health Not for me But for you, and you, and you I do, iPray Success, a point, a goal achieved A dream, a m
The Kissing Season Novemmmburrrrr
It’s dry and colder Days are shorter Greyer and dreary November approaches Feelings of paleness emerges. Not so, in my world This is the beginning of “The Kissing Seaso
His Time
The child takes a deep breath and then begins To follow the silver pointer along the old page And sing ancient scripture of life lessons and God’s words Listen, for now is hi
The Lily Pod Pond of The Yorks
I’ve walked by it and didn’t notice much. I’ve rode by it and barely cared at all. I’ve thought of it as swampy dirty lands. But I was very wrong… It
The Song Bird Knows
The Song Bird Knows the great tales of winter The hallow of the wind, biting cold freeze Recounting the darkest hunger and dampened shiver The turn of the season pecks from its emp
Rain
The rain is so welcomed. It’s peaceful and calm. I love the patter sound it makes. Suddenly stops you from rushing. Air even stands still. Birds take time to bathe. Streets are c
Cylinder of Life
With every single passing of breath We welcome a new birth Our fresh blessing of life Is placed upon this beloved earth Adding to the cylinder of family at last A beautiful being f
Don’t Cry My Love
Your nasal voice breaks my heart How can I fix your pain? I want to make it stop For you, for me All your rain. The wet throat that’s tight Squeezes in your sorrow Let me release
Love This Being
I’ve sat in row K all my life Been silent, restless, noisy, and shhhh’d, Now listening, learning, swaying, and cried In shul, I am home in soul and inside I love being
This Day
This day seems to come around now and again It is the day that must be and is different from all the rest There is no rest, just a lot of unrest A restless day Before this day the
My You
You! Hey, you! Ya, you I’m talking to you. What am I going to do? When it’s time to move Onward and upward And I do it all alone Will I be alone? No you? The empty is s
Wings
Some days I feel lift. My arms spread, fully extended Ligaments maximized beyond me I know I will fly If my wings will only take form I know I can fly Away! As I rush down the moun
My Muse
Not from my world Not from my time Not from my life Not from this line Yet so funny, smart, strong, and witty And takes me out of the universe Where I find my verse, rhythm, and rh
Suzanne Reisler Litwin
Suzanne is an Author / Writer / Columnist / Educator. She is the author of the children's picture book, The Black Velvet Jacket. Suzanne is a creative writing instructor at Concordia University in the Centre For Continuing Education and at Le Centre Cummings. Her column Living in the Now can be found in The Suburban Newspaper, www.thesuburban.com.