Then & Now

About the Book

My poetry writing spans more than three decades. It is largely based on some of my previous and present experiences echoing my way of seeing others and myself to some degree while crediting having been inspired by such precursors as the Hebrew Prophets, Solomon Ibon Gabirol, Heine, Shakespeare, Keath, Wordworth, Auden, Yehuda Amichar, Neruda, Paz and many dozen others. Writing poetry is my unique way of trying to engage readers in my journey to help open minds and to touch spirits with gratitude of lending to me even if briefly whether with praise or otherwise. My eagerness is primarily to attaract those readers who wish to celebrate life often unadored by romantic notions. But carrying with it the threads of the classics with which I am familiar since childhood.

About the Author

Frieda L. Levinsky (Bodenstein) is a graduate degreed person with honors in languages, poetry and prose. She taught languages in San Diego on several levels from the high school to graduates and post docs. She also volunteered by tutoring in elementary and graduate levels in English and Spanish. As a poet she has been widely published locally and nation wide. As an enterpreneour she has been in business since elementary years of schooling and is now continuing in this vein of earning a livelihood. She is a La Jolla resident who is affiliated with the La Jolla Historical Society, the Atheaneum Library of Art and Music, The La Jolla Society of Music and with the Academy of American Poets as a Loyal patron and friend. She loves business and is constantly watching and following business trends and acquiring knowledge of local, national and international significance. All of these are with the eye of appreciating order, harmony, esthetics and integrity in dealing with people.