Poetry by Elizabeth Zelvin The Old Lady Shows Her Mettle (Paperback)

A Jewish woman poet in her eighties reflects on her broad life experience on this fragile planet in a time of global conflict and uncertain future. A storyteller a traveler and a collector of people to love she declares her hard-won identity without fear expresses her outrage without letting it consume her achieves balance and dares to hope as her granddaughters give meaning to her legacy. Zelvin is a brilliant passionate poet gathering a lifetime s experience truth and wisdom along with touches of fire and humor. Peter Neil Carroll two-time winner Prize Americana for Poetry Liz Zelvin gives us lost loves heroines we wish we knew. Heart-wrenching history minus the lies. I love all of her work! - Cindy Rosmus editor Yellow Mama A deep dive into Zelvin s adventurous life spanning oceans continents and centuries. At 80 this visionary writer s voice is strong and serene. Jacqueline Lapidus poet and co-editor The Widows Handbook