Poetry Archives – Yakira Shimoni Fulks Art https://kirasart.com/category/poetry/ A dynamic multimedia artist, Kira expresses in a variety of mediums including: graphic and digital arts, videography, music and poetry, singing and song writing, traditional oil paintings, drawings and delicate watercolors. Yakira was born in Jerusalem, Israel and holds degrees in international relations, graphic arts and interior design. She is the publisher of The Forum Press located in Orange County, California. Sun, 03 May 2026 04:02:54 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://kirasart.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/K-1-Logo-1-ยฉYakira-Shimoni-Fulksโ€”Kira-Art-and-Poetry-โ€”-Site-Icon-100x100.jpg Poetry Archives – Yakira Shimoni Fulks Art https://kirasart.com/category/poetry/ 32 32 Fridays https://kirasart.com/fridays/ https://kirasart.com/fridays/#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 06:30:42 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=18041 Shabbat Shalom and a peaceful weekend to all. The week flew byโ€”Friday again. Fridays are the busiest days of my week: cooking, cleaning, baking challot, bringing everything into order. By evening, a freshness fills our home, a quiet spirit of holiness that connects us with Jews everywhere around the world. Shabbat is the only holiday […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/fridays/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday Israel https://kirasart.com/happy-78-birthday-israel-2/ https://kirasart.com/happy-78-birthday-israel-2/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:58:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17996 Happy Birthday Israel. May all your days be filled with peace and happiness ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ”ฏ The road was windy, but our vision strongto build our life where we belongstep by step and day by daywith joy, and tears along the wayfor those who gave their lives to savethis place we love, this land He gaveour spirit […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-78-birthday-israel-2/feed/ 0 Toothless Tammy https://kirasart.com/toothless-tammy/ https://kirasart.com/toothless-tammy/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:22:25 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=14202 Years ago, when I first came to America in the fall of 1971, I lived in Harlan, Kentuckyโ€”nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, where country roads curve and climb, but life moved slowly. It was one of the poorest counties in the country, but the people all wore hearts of gold. I would walk down Main […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/toothless-tammy/feed/ 0 Happy Passover 2026 https://kirasart.com/happy-passover-2026/ https://kirasart.com/happy-passover-2026/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:06:00 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17955 Wishing a safe and happy Passover to all ๐Ÿ”ฏ๐Ÿท๐Ÿ™ Passover tells our story. โ€œIn every generation they rise against us to destroy us, but the Holy One, blessed be He, saves us from their hand.โ€ื‘ึฐึผื›ึธืœ ื“ึผื•ึนืจ ื•ึธื“ื•ึนืจ ืขื•ึนืžึฐื“ึดื™ื ืขึธืœึตื™ื ื•ึผ ืœึฐื›ึทืœึผื•ึนืชึตื ื•ึผ, ื•ึฐื”ึทืงึธึผื“ื•ึนืฉื ื‘ึธึผืจื•ึผืšึฐ ื”ื•ึผื ืžึทืฆึดึผื™ืœึตื ื•ึผ ืžึดื™ึธึผื“ึธืHere we are again: another war, another wave of hostility. Yet […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-passover-2026/feed/ 0 Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Asaf๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’ https://kirasart.com/happy-new-year%f0%9f%a5%82-happy-birthday-asaf%f0%9f%8e%82%f0%9f%8e%b6%f0%9f%92%9d/ https://kirasart.com/happy-new-year%f0%9f%a5%82-happy-birthday-asaf%f0%9f%8e%82%f0%9f%8e%b6%f0%9f%92%9d/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:07:14 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17933 Happy New Year to All The happiest of birthdays to my darling son, Asaf Fulks. My light. My rock. My steady ground. Wishing you great success in your new job and all that follows. 2025 was a year of gratitude. Of long-dreamed wishes finally coming home. We spent the year restoring and fixing, turning a […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/happy-new-year%f0%9f%a5%82-happy-birthday-asaf%f0%9f%8e%82%f0%9f%8e%b6%f0%9f%92%9d/feed/ 0 Merry Christmas https://kirasart.com/merry-christmas-2/ https://kirasart.com/merry-christmas-2/#respond Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:40:59 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17921 Wishing a safe and Merry Christmas around the world ๐Ÿ™โ˜ฎ๏ธโœจ๏ธ Christmas marks the birth of the most recognized individual in history, a Jewish man whose message was love and responsibility toward one another. His Jewish origin and teaching should give us a pause. This holiday season asks more than celebration. It asks for self-reflection. What […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/merry-christmas-2/feed/ 0 October 7th Memorial https://kirasart.com/october-7th-memorial/ https://kirasart.com/october-7th-memorial/#respond Tue, 07 Oct 2025 07:20:06 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17907 Two years have passed since the slaughter and unimaginable horrors of October 7, 2023. Two years of heartbreak and loss. The grief, coupled with the outbreak of outrageous hate of the global community toward Israel, only fuel our resilience and determination to live. The night was torn the flames grew coldA thousand stories left untold.The […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/october-7th-memorial/feed/ 0 Shanna Tova U’Metukah https://kirasart.com/shanna-tova-umetukah/ https://kirasart.com/shanna-tova-umetukah/#respond Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:39:18 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17889 ๐ŸŒ… Wishing Shanah Tovah Uโ€™Metukah to all โ€” a good and sweet year! โœจ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿฏ ืฉื ื” ื˜ื•ื‘ื” ื•ืžืชื•ืงื” ื•ืจื’ื•ืขื” ืœื›ืœ ืขื ื™ืฉืจืืœ As the sun sets on this year and rises on the new, my heart overflows with gratitude.Exactly a year ago on Rosh HaShanah, our journey to this beautiful estate in the rolling hills of […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/shanna-tova-umetukah/feed/ 0 RIP Dear Aunt Hanna https://kirasart.com/rip-dear-aunt-hanna/ https://kirasart.com/rip-dear-aunt-hanna/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2025 03:29:07 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17870 ื“ื•ื“ืชื ื• ื”ื™ืงืจื”, ื—ื ื”, ื ืคื˜ืจื” ื‘ึพ26 ื‘ื™ื•ื ื™ 2025.ื—ื ื” ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ืื•ืจ ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ื‘ืขื•ืœื โ€”ื™ืคื” ืžื‘ืคื ื™ื ื•ืžื‘ื—ื•ืฅ, ืื•ื”ื‘ืช, ื ื“ื™ื‘ื” ื•ืžืœืืช ื—ื™ื™ื. ืื”ื•ื‘ื” ืขืœ ื›ืœ ืžื™ ืฉื–ื›ื” ืœื”ื›ื™ืจ ืื•ืชื”. ื”ืœื›ื” ืžืื™ืชื ื• ืžื•ืงื“ื ืžื“ื™. ืœื™ื‘ื ื• ืฉื‘ื•ืจ, ืืš ืื”ื‘ืชื” ืœืžืฉืคื—ื”, ืœืืจืฅ ื•ืœื—ื™ื™ื ืชืœื•ื•ื” ืื•ืชื ื• ืœืขื“ื™ื”ื™ ื–ื›ืจื” ื‘ืจื•ืš Our dear Aunt Hanna passed away on June 26, 2025. She was beautiful inside […]

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]]> https://kirasart.com/rip-dear-aunt-hanna/feed/ 0 Happy Passover https://kirasart.com/happy-passover/ https://kirasart.com/happy-passover/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 23:55:29 +0000 https://kirasart.com/?p=17801 Passover is more than a biblical storyโ€”itโ€™s a journey of transformation we take each year, from who we were to who we are becoming. In Kabbalah, Egyptโ€”ืžืฆืจื™ื Mitzrayimโ€”symbolizes the narrow passages in our lives: the limiting thoughts and fears that confine us. Passover calls us to expand beyond old habitsโ€”to awaken, to elevate, and to […]

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