Andrea Moriah, IL

 

 

Free Verse   Because I Remember   exactly how it happened, how it smelled, the noise it made, I am bound. I want things to come alone. Just this bird singing and me saying this for the first time.     Negatives   I like the negative stereotype you have of yourself. Saying you might be wrong when you think you're right. Dancing black when you know you're white. Being kind.     Winter's Ocean   Winter's ocean: a slick table Vermillion waves roll in like scrolls Above birds soar; below a whale     Haiku   Perched in scents of trees Jumping octaves and branches Spring birds escape words     About Andrea Moriah, IL   Andrea Moriah was born and raised in the great Midwest of the US and now lives in the rolling hills outside of the Holy City of Jerusalem. Her poems have been published in Cyclamens and Swords, the Voices Israel Anthology and the Ilanot Review. Her story, "The Fence", received honorable mention in Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest. She is currently studying for her Master's Degree in English Poetry at Bar-Ilan University's Shaindy Rudoff Graduate Program in Creative Writing. She also creates painted ceramic sculptures.This is Andrea Moriah's first appearance in Sketchbook.