Birthday – Part 3

Birthday – Part 3

When she was four years oldher teacher gave a party,the children wore twig wreathstheir song was plain but hardy. They dance around the roomholding hand in hand,the teacher and the motherjoined the happy band. She stood amongst her peersand thanked them shy with...
Birthday – Part 2

Birthday – Part 2

When she was two years oldwith white dress and a ribbonher hand she gave to holdher legs still soft had jiggled.The father held the childand helped her take a stepthe tyke he swung up highwith vigor and strong pep.Later in the daythey came to be togetherthe children...
Birthday – Part 1

Birthday – Part 1

When she was one year oldher mother tied a ribbon,her head was small and boldand kept on slightly bobbing. The mother and her babestood in a field of rocks,they squeezed their eyes and smiledat a man with a picture box. The mother young and prettylooked forth with...
Third Grade Class

Third Grade Class

Our Third Grade class at Menachem Ussishkin Elementary School with our teacher Zevia Ben Zur. Jerusalem, Israel circa 1960   |  כיתה ג’ בבית ספר אוסישקין בירושלים עם המורה צביה בן-צורKira’s Art | Come...
The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

Be the river and the ripplessurging towards the shorebe the lighthouseand the lifeboatin someone’s raging storm*©Yakira Shimoni FulksOctober ‎22, ‎2017 | Costa Mesa, CaliforniaThoughts Like Rivers | Kira’s Art | Shop