Such a delight
to mouth the words this writer
set so perfectly in place
his ear attuned
to write the poetry
the music
of his native tongue

Here's his love poem
for Tamar
it starts with rain
that's speaking softly
letting the poet's lover know
that now she'll find it easy
to drop off to sleep

Two lines
four words
with quiet hushing sounds
géshem - the rain
b'shéket - softly
akhsháv - now
lishón - to sleep
sounds meant to lull
the lover listening
to the whisper
of the rain
as she drifts off