Author of War Songs, Grady Harp describes himself as being ever on the alert for the new and promising geniuses of tomorrow. He is an artist representative, gallery owner, writer of essays and articles on figurative and all Representational art for museum catalogues and for traveling exhibitions, and an Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer. I am honored that he has posted this five-star review for my poetry book, Can We Still Love:
‘Without you, the garden has no fragrance at night’ – Permutations of Love
Established author Uvi Poznansky wears a coat of many colors. Originally from Israel where she studied Architecture and Town Planning before moving to the US where she studied Computer Science and became an expert in Software Engineering, Poznansky managed to combine the design elements of two studies into unique formats. And she has accomplished the same with the other side of her brain - making visual her ideas (she is an accomplished painter, drawer, and sculptor who has enjoyed exhibitions both in Israel and in California (her present base) and making words in poetry and in short stories and children's books. Now she steps further onto the stage of creativity in translating her father Zeev Kachel’s insightful, responsive poetry about WW I and WW II, and the aftermath in Israel.
The book is divided into two parts – the initial section focuses on the poetry of Uvi, poems dating from the 1970s to the present and includes some of her short stories about love. Then the second part is the eloquent and very personal poetry of Zeev from the past century in remembering the World Wars, and addressing the theme of love in many remembered moments, including lighthearted passages such as ‘You grew old. Did I? Time etches wrinkles, like gravure.’
At book’s end a moment is shared: ‘In an era that is amazement and wonder on one hand, and destruction and hate on the other, and facing the threat of an even more horrific holocaust in our future, two poets present a piercing question: can we still love? And love means on another, human to human.’ The answer, after reading this collection, is ‘Yes!’ We all need this book, now. Highly recommended.
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