Lali Michaeli is the non­con­formist of Israeli poet­ry, dar­ing to shout what oth­ers were ashamed to think, became a sym­bol of rebel­lion and anti-estab­lish­ment. Even now, when she learns for­eign lan­guages, is invit­ed to par­tic­i­pate in inter­na­tion­al poet­ry fes­ti­vals all over the world and wins inter­na­tion­al awards, she refus­es to screw with the Israeli main­stream. She main­tains her sta­tus as a solo poet. The Israeli polit­i­cal poems ​“Mr. Prime Min­is­ter” (2009) and ​“Democ­ra­cy” (2016) along­side uni­ver­sal poems like ​“Paint me ablaze” and ​“Every time we make love” show the lay­ers of her poet­ry. The intra-poet­ic, per­son­al, inter­per­son­al and human dia­logue is the how and what of her writ­ing. This is an attempt to build bridges in impos­si­ble places. ​“The poet­ry of Lali Michaeli once again proves that excel­lent poet­ry can also be sexy and inno­v­a­tive.” — Dory Manor