Review (Can We Still Love): HOPE AMID DESPAIR

My book, Can We Still Love, is a deeply personal one. So every review -- and this one in particular -- touches my heart.

MB

5 out of 5 stars

HOPE AMID DESPAIR

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2026

Format: Kindle

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Ms. Poznansky’s latest book, ‘Can We Still Love,’ a combination between bits of coming stories, her poetry, and those translated from her late father Zeev Kachel’s poetry which she brilliantly translated from Hebrew, touched me as few books do.

Her stories and poetry are always so full of insight and the human spirit, told in a passionate, poetic prose that has spoken to me in ways only the rarest of books do.

In today’s world with all the hatred and war raging across the globe, both her poetry and her father’s answered a deep-seated hurt in my heart over the level of today, and although every so often we see glimmers of hope that we as a people have grown, once again, the hatred and greed grow into full-blown horrors.

Will we ever grow, can one person’s love change the world a little so that the growth can happen?

I hope and pray so. This book seems to me a spark in the wilderness toward healing, and I hope everyone will read it. It will remain one that I will cherish and reread.

He decided not to think, not to think, not to think of that murder

 After a sleepless night, Michael Morse decided not to think, not to think, not to think of that murder—even at the cost of finding himself unable to conceive any thoughts at all. 

He pressed his thumb against the biometric reader that authenticated his identity, then turned the corner into the lobby, where he narrowly escaped hitting his nose—only to knock off his glasses. It was a minute or so before he found them. Restored to his vision, he noticed the newspaper on the secretary’s desk. At the bottom of the page was a headline that drew his attention. It said, Body Found in Laguna Beach. 

A groan escaped from his throat. Even when he managed not to think, not to think, not to think about what had happened last night, it found a way to come back a different way to haunt him. 

The secretary flipped over the newspaper, but not before he took in the opening sentences,

A body was found in Laguna Beach this morning. Reliable sources quote police as making progress on a number of clues. So far, no suspect has been named

Virtually Lace

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Haunted by discovering the body of a beautiful dancer, Michael re-constructs her murder in a virtual reality model. Can he bring the mystery to life? Can he solve it in time, before the killer turns on the woman he loves, Ash?

“I felt as though I was in Michael's work environment whenever he was using Virtual Reality. Whether he was displaying Laguna Beach or the Northrop Grumman B -21 Raiders flying overhead, I not only was there but I could feel my heart pounding and my pulse racing…" 

~Serenity, HALL OF FAME, TOP 10 REVIEWER

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Can We Still Love

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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 one another, human to human.

This book is the 'I believe' statement of the poet, author and artist Zeev Kachel, a man whose most closely-held values and aspirations have been put to the test in the course of WWI and WWII. It is also the 'I believe' statement of his daughter, USA Today bestselling author, poet and artist Uvi Poznansky, who compiled her own work alongside his, and translated his poems from Hebrew so they can become an inspiring force to you.

Review (Can We Still Love): Gift to those you love

 I'm so touched by this review and by the picture of my poetry book, Can We Still Love, resting on this reader's table beckoning her to open the cover. It's like a secret handshake, a touch between her heart and mine:

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5 out of 5 stars

Gift to those you love

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2026

Format: Hardcover

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I bought the hardcover version, and now it rests on a table in my living room. Its beautiful, artful cover and its rich contents beckon me to pick up the book a few times daily and get lost in its poetry and prose.

I can't wait to gift a copy of "Can We Still Love" to everyone I love. Here's a sample line from the poem on page 20 entitled "Fullness":

"...Now, let our hearts fill

Let silence flow into us, into our crucible."