Overview: Provocative, profound, and poetic, her words challenge the mind and stir the soul. Discover More Other Such Matters by multiple award-winning artist Fella Cederbaum — the fourth installment in her poetic legacy.

Verdict: Simply put, this thought-provoking collection invites you to journey inward. Her verses reach beyond the ordinary, capturing the essence of what it means to live authentically, love deeply, and rediscover the divine spark within.

Within the pages of this powerful collection of deeply probing poetry, Fella explores themes of love, truth, feelings, societal challenges, and the art of staying present in the unfolding of human experience.

The book does not waste any time, or pages, in getting right down to her poetic work, as right from the off we open upon the first poem (Before You Were You) and from then on in there is no stopping the now engaged reader from easily getting more than halfway through before a second cup of tea is required.

The book is a most beautiful discovery for me, and even though this is her fourth book of prose, I have to say it had me wanting to discover the first three books almost instantly that I had come to bring this one to a close.

What Fella oh-so-neatly does is bring forth a series of life-presented questions and one by one poetically tackles them in a way that showcases a poet at genuine peace with her own fascinating, fun and enthralling journey.

For within the pages of this latest poetry collection, Fella delves into a broad spectrum of topics, urging readers to embrace the importance of living in the present moment, revealing one’s true self, cherishing authenticity, and questioning societal norms. Titles such as the aforementioned Before You Were You, Show Me Who You Are, and The Orchid and the Daisy exemplify her uncanny ability to articulate profound insights through seemingly simple verse.

Fella, who has herself been exceptionally well-reviewed throughout her career and has also been described as a Renaissance woman, an artist who is brave enough to be an original, goes straight to the essence of the world’s spiritual teachings with profound depth, clarity, directness, and often with great humor.

Each poem gifts the reader with eternal truths and teachings wrapped in a uniquely engaging poetic voice. Thus what she brings forth here in her fourth book is a spirit for life, a spirit for continual learning, but moreover a spirit for always being able to rise above, to achieve more, to ascend above the madness of what life can throw at us.

Each and every one of these beautifully crafted new poems are a truly unadulterated delight to read, themselves created, one imagines, to also stir within the reader a sense of tackling this amazingly wide range of human experiences and emotions that we go through on a daily basis.

In closing, Fella’s work takes the reader on a journey. One where said reader will hopefully experience a myriad of transportive transformations along the way, for her poems are food for the mind, body and soul.

About the Author - Fella Cederbaum is the writer/director of 24 short films that feature her poetry, art and music. Her films, starring MahnoDahno and MahniDahni, have been screened internationally. She has been highly awarded, not only for her films, but also for her scripts, soundtracks and visuals. One of her paintings was featured at the Münchner Stadtmuseum, Germany.

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