I am a poet, digital artist, editor of The BeZine (TheBeZine.com), co-publisher of Is a Rose Press (with gary lundy—IsARosePress.com), and educator. I am retired from the English Department at David Yellin Academic College of Education, Jerusalem, Israel. Finishing Line Press (FinishingLinePress.com) published my most recent poetry collection, Nothing Remembers (2019).
—Michael Dickel I look at the time on my phone. “Time to get the girl,” I think. So sit up in bed, swing my legs over the side, and put on my shoes. I see my wife working on her computer as I walk into the living room. […]
Note: If you’re viewing with a phone, I recommend landscape (sideways) for a better effect. Turn this page We smell the fish of state rotting from the Prime Minister. He says he desires to throw fists against the protestors who march for democracy; he falsely accuses them of […]
for Sim Your mother survived the Shoah. You were born on my father’s birthday in the same year that I was born. This year, you left the world on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. The last time we saw each other— a Shabbat meal together here in Jerusalem […]
Volume 10 sustainABILITY Issue 1climate crisis and eco-economics The BeZine is a
Volume 9 Life of the Spirit and Activism Issue 4fuel for change The BeZine is a
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Michael Rothenberg On Monday, 21 November 2022, at around 11 PM EST, Michael Rothenberg left the world. Even though I he had told me that he had cancer and I had recently heard that he went into hospice care, the news of his…
Volume 9 Social Justice Issue 3listening, learning, reaching out
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In the Jewish tradition, our first words on hearing of the death of someone are usually Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet, Blessed is the True Judge. It reminds us that we may not know why, but our friend has been taken. We give up our…
The Summer 2022 issue of The BeZine, Waging Peace: balancing personal and global issues
My latest poem on Fevers of the Mind, titled Aging Vessel.
Join us for a mind- & genre-b(l)ending evening of performances by Adeena Karasick, Guy Dolev, & Michael Dickel (w/MC: Lonnie Monka). June 06 2022, 20:15, Besarabia Bar, Jerusalem Doors will open at 20:15, and the performances promptly at 20:30. The event will be live-streamed via the Jerusalism FB […]
I have recently started as an invited “wolfpack contributor” on Fevers of the Mind. Read my poem Twelve Hours in Amsterdam, and more to come. Amsterdam Tulip Museum (scene of the crime— you’ll have to read the poem. ©2018 Michael Dickel
Volume 9 sustainABILITY & Ukraine Peace Issue 1
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Light, Silence, & Time — Recent photographs and older writing by Michael Dickel related to light, silence, time, and more.
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Layering Time—Armageddon NFTs
This is my first venture in selling NFTs of my digital art. I walked through the ruins (Tel) of the ancient Canaanite city of Megiddo, which the Greeks called Armageddon.
View the art that resulted…
The Spring issue of The BeZine, on SustainABILITY, comes at a time when we struggle to sustain health, societies, and planet against difficult and challenging times. The writers, musicians, and artists approach all of this and more from various perspectives.
Nothing Remembers
by Michael Dickel
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The Palm Reading after The Toad's Garden
by Michael Dickel
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War Surrounds Us
by Michael Dickel
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Midwest / Mid-East
by Michael Dickel
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Meta/ Phor(e) /Play 