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Mountains and Hills

My first book (2018, published by "Self-Publishing – Publishing House.” Editor: Yoav Gilboa) consists of a cycle of fifteen love poems spread over magnificent landscapes and wild nature. This short book describes a bittersweet youthful love, first heartbreak, and the constant search for love. The book also features beautiful illustrations by Tali Genshaft, adding an extra dimension to the work.

Into The Woods. Illustration: Tali genshaft

בכניסה ליער

בַּזְּמַן שֶׁאִישׁ לֹא עָבַר כָּאן
הַצִּמְחִיָּה צָמְחָה פֶּרֶא,
וְכִמְעַט לֹא נִתָּן לִרְאוֹת
אֶת הַשְּׁבִיל שֶׁפַּעַם הָיָה.

כְּשֶׁנִּפְגַּשְׁנוּ סִפַּרְתְּ לִי
אוֹדוֹת הַיַּעֲרָן שֶׁגָּר כָּאן בֶּעָבָר
סִפַּרְתְּ, שֶׁבְּכָל בֹּקֶר,
הָיָה מְנַכֵּשׁ עֲשָׂבִים שׁוֹטִים
שֶׁצָּמְחוּ בְּצַד הַדֶּרֶךְ
וּמֵאָז שֶׁעָזַב למַסְעוֹתָיו,
נִדְמֶה כִּי סִכּוּיֵי־חָיָיו שֶׁל הַשְּׁבִיל
הוֹלְכִים וְנוֹדְפִים מִיּוֹם לְיוֹם.

וַאֲנִי תָּהִיתִי:
הַאִם אֶצְעַד פְּנִימָה
אֶל תּוֹךְ הַיַּעַר?
וְאִם אֶצְעַד,
הַאִם אוּכַל לַחֲזֹר?

הַאִם בִּכְלָל אֶרְצֶה?

About The Illustrator

Tali Gensheft is an Israeli illustrator and animator. In 2020, she graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design animation program. Tali's works have appeared in music videos, web series, posters, and more.

Tali designed and illustrated all the illustrations in the book "Mountains and Hills," including the book cover.​

Self portrait of Tali Genshaft
On The Hills. Illustration: Tali Gensheft
The Same Road. Illustration: Tali Gensheft
"It is certainly possible that this short book may well serve marriage therapists, counselors, attorneys, and of course also couples in crisis, standing before mountains and hills, with no plain in sight."

Dr. Nikolay Yozgoff-Orbach, poet, researcher and literary critic.

"The Voice of the Crowd"

All rights to the illustrations on this page are reserved to the illustrator ©
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