Drowned Lands

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Exploring themes of memory and apprehension, this poetry collection delves into the everyday while striving for inspiration and eloquence. It features a variety of forms and subjects, including meditative lyrics, lively encounters, poignant narratives, satirical verses, and visionary pieces. With historical imagination, the poems transport readers from Coptic Egypt to Renaissance Italy and colonial America. Each work captures critical moments of understanding, highlighting the contrasts of solitude and love, grief and joy, and incapacity and insight.