These poems originate from a heart full of love for both nature and human beings, what a wonderful human she is herself.
-Dr. Helen Caldicott
During the first hundred days of Israel's assault on Gaza after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, Mimi German posted a poem a day. These daily meditations express tenderness, balance, and empathy for all who suffer and for the impermanent beauties of (even) blood-soaked moments.
-K. Kendall
, Ph.D., retired professor of Theatre and English.
The War Poems is a priceless meditation on the effect of war, even on those far from battle. The poems encourage us to consider not just the suffering of war, but the cost to our souls.
-Pastor Steven Kimes
This book of war poems by Mimi German is powerful and punchy - carries weight and authority, not only because the poet herself is a Jew, but also because of her deep compassion and empathy with the victims and survivors of war.
-Margaret O'Regan
, Irish Activist Poet
This book is however a deep look into a heart full of love and sorrow. It is raw and it is brave.
-Malcolm Chaddock
, Veterans For Peace, Oregon
Mimi German has the literary skills and political experience to address these urgent and complicated times. Her war poems-really, peace poems-are humane.
-Eliot Katz
, Poet and author of The Poetry and Politics of Allen Ginsberg
Mimi German
As a Jew living in the diaspora, a Jew who knows the scent and taste of Israel, a Jew who speaks the language of Israel, a Jew who loves The Land, I have lost my direction home. Each morning, upon awakening, I have tried to stare down the horror of the Government of Israel's latest retaliatory response - actions it has been waiting to execute for a very long time. By writing these poems for each of the first 100 days of the war, I bear witness. Not to one side or the other, but to All who suffer from this war. Sometimes, this is the only response to such atrocities. Divisions create the groundwork for war. I am indivisible. I am a poet, writing. Writing with the hope of peace and unity and an immediate end to war in Israel and Gaza.So what is to become of this war after the first 100 days? Nothing certain. Only a few nods to an end of the carnage. No lasting good will. No good will at all. War does not bring with it good will. Perhaps all this war will bring is another poem or another 100 poems.