Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring

A collection of poems, in the form of a diary, written during one year in the poet's life, reflecting current events in Israel during 2009-10.The strength of these poems lies in the fact that they were written as a direct and immediate reaction to events in the poet's life. The human urge to document experiences is an effort to recapture the memory of a fleeting moment, to anchor the never ending process of being in a comprehensible framework of experience.Tammar Or Slilat is an...
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A collection of poems, in the form of a diary, written during one year in the poet's life, reflecting current events in Israel during 2009-10.The strength of these poems lies in the fact that they were written as a direct and immediate reaction to events in the poet's life. The human urge to document experiences is an effort to recapture the memory of a fleeting moment, to anchor the never ending process of being in a comprehensible framework of experience.Tammar Or Slilat is an English teacher and an acclaimed painter. She resides in an agricultural community in the Galilee. This is her fifth published book of poetry. She has an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Bar-Ilan University and is the recipient of the Jordan Valley Creativity Award.