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When Men Father Children

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 07:05:00 +0000

When men father childrenthen decide they’ve had enoughand leave to find their fortuneswhile their children are scared and scruff. Who will stay to find solutionsto the mounting sense of dreadof young children who are baffledand are crying and are sad? What kind of father is a manwho lives without remorseof the pain he causes childrenwith […]

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Moody Mindy

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Thu, 27 May 2021 13:42:00 +0000

Moody Mindy in muddy March likes to walk around the marsh with her clunky big ol’ boots pickin’ carrots from their roots. Moody Mindy in merry May likes to swim and splash and sprayin her tiny bathing suitand long pigtails—she’s a hoot! Moody Mindy in early Junelikes to slide around the duneskickin’ sand and flyin’ […]

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Prom Time

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:25:00 +0000

Just before the strike of midnightas they closed the Beauty Ball,there they stood the lonely maidenswaiting for their call.*©Yakira Shimoni FulksJune 8, 2000 | Hollywood Hills, CaliforniaKira’s Art | Miss Star

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Arise

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 02:44:44 +0000

And the fish are swimmingand the whales are singingin the ocean deepas He keeps His eyes openwhile His children are asleep.Arise!*©Yakira Shimoni FulksAugust 17, 2018 | OC, CaliforniaKira’s Art | Let the Truth

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Magnificent Michigan

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:59:04 +0000

There were breathtaking skies and endless growing fields where they lived in humble shelters yielding God’s own will. * ©Yakira Shimoni Fulks June 8, 2000 | Leelanau, Michigan Kira’s Art inspired by R. Karner Photo The Heartland

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Holy Fire

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 02:53:07 +0000

Lightning flashed and thunder roaredmountains spewed fire forthseas heaved and winds blew northand the earth shook her womb with thrusting force–gliding over lips of weepersover vales and further deeper. וברק הבזיק בזעם רעםהרים זרמו אש כפעםהים נפץ רוחו צפונה–ונזלה הארץ רחמה דרומהוכך גלשו דמעות של בכיממעל על לעומקי הדכי*©Yakira Shimoni FulksFebruary 1998 | Graymoor, IL(excerpt […]

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California Blazin’

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 01:33:01 +0000

In her dream one night she saw fire on the hills behind the moon the earth was burning the air was full of chill. She threw her head back in defiance her neck stretched up and hard her stare pierced the cloud of smoke to see the land was chard. She flew above the hills […]

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Upon You Jerusalem | אליך ירושלים

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:26:00 +0000

Upon you JerusalemI’ll shine up from Heaven—and fill all corners and the Eastwith love and peace for you to feast. And I will say: Let life beginfor every clan and sleeping kin—and you will see how good it iswhen I’ll green up the abyss. And then I’ll weave a multitude of colorsof care and comfort […]

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Upon Returning

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:44:38 +0000

Upon returning from my beautiful homeland my soul collapsed in my heart, in busy streets I walk alone as deafening silence shoots darts. I long for the warmth of the place I was born, and to sleep with my Mom once again, to get up in the morning at dawn with the heavens and to […]

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Over You Jerusalem

Yakira Shimoni Fulks — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:13:23 +0000

Over you Jerusalem I look from up above and I send my prayers to You our God that You will bring joy and peace and happiness to the whole of the world from this very place. עליך ירושלים אשקיף ממרומים ואשלח תפילתי אליך אלוהים שתביא לנו ברכה ושמחה וששון ולכל העולם .מפה המקום ♡ ©Yakira […]

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