Reflections
Poems, Lyrics, and Stories
by
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Judith Weinshall Liberman and Laura Liberman, M.D.
REFLECTIONS:
POEMS
LYRICS
and
STORIES
Edited by Laura Liberman, M.D.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF THE WORKS
PART I: POEMS AND LYRICS
1.LOVE
LOVE IS LOVE
HEAVEN
MY PRINCE
MAN AND WOMAN
DO NOT SEND ME
TAKE CARE, MY DARLING
WHEN WE MET
THE WAY HE WAS
THE WORLD’S DEAREST MATE
LETTER TO MY HUSBAND
SOUL MATE
THE BEST THING ABOUT LIFE
FAITH
SO DISTANT
NOT FOR ME
FOR FEAR
HER LETTER
THE LETTER THAT YOU DID NOT WRITE
2.SONNETS OF NATURE
OF FLORA AND FAUNA
I DON’T LIKE FALLING LEAVES
THE FLOWERS
THE ROSES
THE CRABAPPLE TREE
THE CHERRY TREE
THE BIRD PERCHED ON THE WINDOWSILL
THE MOTHER BIRD TEACHES HER YOUNG
THE SQUIRRELS
THE RABBITS
LION AND THE LAMB
OF NATURE AND ME
WERE YOU A HONEYBEE AND I A ROSE
THE BUTTERFLY
CAMOUFLAGE
FLY AWAY
THE TREEHOUSE
I MADE A LITTLE ANGEL
THE PIGEONS
FISHING
THE SEASHELL
I CAUGHT A TOAD THIS MORNING
THE CAT CURLED UP
CANINE CUISINE
THE MOUSE TRAP
WHY?
THE ELEPHANTS
WHY DO DOGS CHASE CARS?
WHY DO CHICKENS CROSS THE STREET?
3.STUDENT DAYS
DEAR STUDENT
PHI BETA KAPPA
PLATO AND ME
4.ISRAEL DIARY
LETTER TO MY FATHER
POLITICAL PRISONER
LETTER TO MY MOTHER
HER SUICIDE
MY NANNY
IN THE WOODS
PUPPY LOVE
DIAMOND RING
MY BROTHER, SAUL
DEAR ANNE-MARIE
IN A STORMY LAND
AT THE WEDDING
IN HAIFA BAY
THE FIELDS OF TAMRA
ON THE ROAD
BENEATH THE SAND
TORN BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES
WHAT IS THE FORCE?
5. LOOKING BACK
CHAIN
THE TUNNEL
BETRAYAL
ON THE BEACH
HOWLING WIND
PET PROJECT
SEEING RED
REUNION
THOUGHTS AT NIGHT
THOUGHTS AT SUNRISE
WHAT I WISH FOR IN LIFE
MY DARKEST SECRET
MY REGRETS
LEGALLY BLIND
WHAT I LEAVE BEHIND
ACCOMPLISHMENT
IF YOU REMEMBER ME
6. DEATH
SODOM
ENDLESS WAR
IN THE NAME OF GOD
IN THE MILITARY CEMETERY
THE BLANKET
DYING YOUNG
LIKE SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER
RED, GRAY AND BLACK
MOM, I MISS YOU
ON NINE-ELEVEN
THE FINGER OF GOD
7. HUMAN FOIBLES
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD HEALTH
KNOWLEDGE
MEMORY
VANITY
SHOP AND SHOP
STOOD UP
YOUR CALL
RIVAL
LIAR
BEING DEVOUT
DRIVING
8. MUSINGS
ON FRIENDSHIP
ON KINDNESS
ON COMPASSION
ON ENVY
ON LONGING
ON MATING
ON BEING A PARENT
ON BEING A GRANDMA
MY HOME
ON SHOWERS
BEING GOOD
KEEPING ON
ON LIFE’S PAIN
ON CAVES
LET GO!
IF I KNEW
IF WE COULD SOAR
QUEEN FOR A DAY
9. ENCHANTMENT
COLOR IN OUR WORLD
PINK ROSES
FLOWERS
THE MAGIC FLOWER
SNOW IS WHITE
ICE CREAM SNOW
I PULLED MY BACK IN ST. CEZAIRE
MINDFULLY IN PARIS
10. ART
A POEM A DAY
ON COLLABORATION
TWENTY-SIX LETTERS
TWELVE NOTES
THREE HUES
ON ART
WHAT IS AN ARTIST?
EASILY SHAKEN
ARTISTS DON’T DIE
WRITER’S BLOCK
I WOKE UP
WHAT IS THE STAR?
SO MANY ROADS
PART II: STORIES
HOUSE TO LET
ODE TO A NEUTROPHIL
ICE CREAM SNOW
THE LITTLE FAIRY
THE VERY OLD PAINTER
THE BIRD’S LAST SONG
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: JWL
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/EDITOR: LL
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About the Book
REFLECTIONS includes works written or adapted from writings created over a period of more than half a century. This anthology contains poems, lyrics, and stories, each written by one member of the mother-daughter team of Judith Weinshall Liberman (mother) and Dr. Laura Liberman (daughter). The vast majority of the works were previously unpublished.
Both authors have spent most of their adult lives pursuing activities other than writing. For decades, Judith Weinshall Liberman created visual art. Dr. Laura Liberman has had a rewarding career in medicine. Yet both authors have long had a passion for writing and have written extensively within and outside their career fields. Judith Weinshall Liberman has published six books. Dr. Laura Liberman wrote I SIGNED AS THE DOCTOR (2009), a memoir recounting her experiences as a cancer doctor surviving cancer.
In REFLECTIONS, the authors reflect on their lives and the people they have known. The poems, lyrics, and stories in REFLECTIONS cover a wide range of topics, and are arranged in about a dozen categories. Some writings are humorous, while others are somber. All come from the authors’ heart. Like life itself, REFLECTIONS covers the whole gamut of human experience.
About the Author
Judith Weinshall Liberman, author, and Laura Liberman, author and editor, are a mother-daughter team. While both have had careers beyond writing (Judith in visual arts and Laura in medicine), each is also a published author. Reflections is their collaborative anthology of poems, lyrics, and stories written over a period of more than half a century.