Poetica Magazine Contemporary Jewish Writing

Joshua Lindenbaum’s poetry has appeared in Drunk Monkeys, Yes Poetry, Breadcrumbs, The Bangalore Review, Five:2:One, 3Elements Review, Typishly, and elsewhere. He just procured a PhD in English and creative writing at Binghamton University during the pandemic.

My Grandmother, The Chemist
Joshua Lindenbaum

They were soft dessert sponges

docked in soup

The hot broth

wouldn’t take them apart

yet a push with a spoon

would split them into phases of the moon.

After the matza balls, carrots,

and dill were consumed,

I would tip the bowl

loudly slurping away

what settled to the bottom.

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