Light The Festive Candles

Light the first of eight tonight—

the farthest candle to the right.

Light the first and second, too,

when tomorrow’s day is through.

Then light three, and then light four—

every dusk one candle more

Till all eight burn bright and high,

honoring a day gone by

When the Temple was restored,

rescued from the Syrian lord,

And an eight-day feast proclaimed—

The Festival of Lights—well named

To celebrate the joyous day

when we regained the right to pray

to our one God in our own way.

A few random poems:

External links

Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus

Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh

Infelix by Adah Isaacs Menken
Hemlock Furrows by Adah Isaacs Menken
Genius by Adah Isaacs Menken
Fragment by Adah Isaacs Menken
Dying by Adah Isaacs Menken
Dreams Beauty by Adah Isaacs Menken
Depths by Adah Isaacs Menken
Battle Stars by Adah Isaacs Menken
Aspiration by Adah Isaacs Menken
Answer Me by Adah Isaacs Menken
Adelina Patti by Adah Isaacs Menken
The Nuclear Ghost Towns by Poetry In English
The Conditional by Poetry In English
The Ugly Little Bird by Poetry In English
Not A Star by Poetry In English
Mountain Wellhead by Poetry In English
Lightning In The Dark Night Skies by Poetry In English
In The Bus That Is Frantically Rushing From Cairo To Port Said by Poetry In English
Immoral Laboratories by Poetry In English
Hope by Poetry In English

More external links (open in a new tab):

Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.