Winter Biomythography by Saima Afreen

Award-winning poet Saima Afreen weaves heartfelt lyricism with inspired imagery in Winter Biomythography. Set in the coldest, cruelest season, Afreen guides us around the globe from the US Midest to Scotland in the Uk and beyond, offering tribute to England's Dover Beach, delivering hope for a shop in war-ridden Gaza, and ending the journey in her homeland, India. Being able to see, feel, and even taste words, Afreen sensualizes experiences, allowing depths of emotion to become palpable, all while reveling in daily experiences that serve to inspire these poems. She writes, "till the whole room smells of colors and wants / to forge a box from sunlight that lands at my door / like a fleet of butterflies." Afreen ends her journey with a bold request: "Tell me fireside stories in which I forgive God."