Myriam Steinberg

Where I'm From · Sep 22, 2026 · 29m

Where I’m From #51

by Myriam Steinberg

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I am from books

From Frog and Toad, and frogs on a log

I am from behind the curtain of the darkening room

(orange and purple skies, book on sill, heart beating “will I get caught”)

I am from lilacs and wisteria

Jutting and dripping, bookending the garden

I’m from le hadlik ner shel shabbat and big noses

From Danny and Claudine

I’m from the silence and the power

From “He’s at another meeting” and “Mange ta salade”

I’m from braiding tallis fringes (enthralled), shofar blowing, cantor singing

I’m from water and mountains…