Bio
Beyond being a freelance writer and poetry enthusiast, Lonnie Monka runs Jerusalism, an initiative to foster local literary community.
Lonnie Monka
Returning Covenants of Yehuda
1/
older than most people's family memories
these olive trees have survived war
after war—after war—after war
producing little bitter fruit that need fermenting
2/
one day I will massage my children's skin
& their sun soaked backs will glisten
with the many hues of oil from my labor
3/
everyone must know which trees are their trees
as the root binding earth rejuvenates
4/
tell me: what do you do with your dead skin?