“Oc7ober Shiva: A Collection of Poems” about Israel presents poetry written after the atrocities of October 7th. Page after page of verse offers the readers a chance to set aside their brave face and allow the range of emotions experienced since that fateful day, and every day following it, to bubble up to the surface. And with this release of emotion, the tears will likely come, tears of grief and pain, but also tears of gratitude and hope for the future. This book is a treasure of words: words of comfort that soothe the spirit, and words of fire that animate our will to change the world. Through pillars of thick darkness that pervade our world, this book pierces the void, offering the hope of emotive redemption.