Cutting Pomegranates     by Miriam Halahmy Published by David Paul Pub. Date: 2003 ISBN: 0954054229 List Price: £7.99 buy now directly from the publisher Free Shipping Worldwide

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Miriam Halahmy is without compare when it comes to creating vignettes of her world - her family life, friends, work and travels - finely textured emotional and physical landscapes. Drawing on her Jewish roots, she brings a generous heart and searching spirit to her place in that world. She has a passion for pomegranates which she shares with her brother-in-law Oded Halahmy, whose dynamic pieces illustrate several poems. The pomegranate is an ancient and universal symbol of beauty, love and marriage, fertility and renewal. Miriam's poetry is as rich and abundant in its imagery as the pomegranate itself. It is full of hope and vibrant expectation but always tinged with a bittersweet sense of the real.

"The vitality, freshness and orginality of vision compels us to read on. She invests everyday things with a life of their own and wide-ranging resonances. The pomegranate cut open reveals a bitterness of seeds, but also the promise of renewal." - Wanda Barford

"There are some poets whose voices ought to be heard urgently and Miriam Halahmy is one of them." - John Rety

About Stir Crazy, her previous collection:

"Miriam Halahmy's first collection impresses with its liveliness, immediacy and strong visual qualities." - Jewish Chronicle

This book includes photographs of the sculpture of Oded Halahmy.