Poetry lovers will be delighted to know that Finding Words, the latest collection of poetry from poet and educator Merle Feld, is now available from Behrman House. Whether employed in a classroom setting or congregational reading group, or explored independently, Finding Words is a collection that grips us with its sensitivity and understanding of life, triggers our memories, and compels reflection. It makes a meaningful gift for the readers in your life.
"You read Merle Feld's poems and wonder: has this woman been alive for a thousand years? How can she know so much, contain so much? How can she continuously pierce my soul with these words she has found?" --Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
"Merle Feld's Finding Words is a book of memory and desire, neediness and hopefulness, elegies for loved ones lost, celebration of moments of joy and love, scrupulous self-examination. I am gripped by Feld's honesty, and by her precise nailing of 'the little obsessions that sink their teeth in / and mercilessly shake us, imprevious / to our whimpering and begging Let me go.' These poems didn't let me go either--they held me captive like the stories of my own life." --Alicia Ostriker, author of For the Love of God and The Book of Seventy
Merle Feld is an acclaimed poet and playwright whose work has been featured in The Torah: A Women's Commentary and Mahzor Lev Shalom as well as other collections. As a scholar-in-residence, she has helped clergy and communities across North America use poetry as a powerful means of spiritual expression.
Finding Words is also available through Amazon.
Please enjoy the poem 'Early Telling' from the collection.
