Ex Ophidia Press, paperback

Publication Date: January 1, 2022

Publisher Marketing: In this collection, noted poet Karina Borowicz creates a world within a world, using three languages at once: metaphor, music, and magic. The first section, reflecting war and oppression in Eastern Europe, also offers images of fields of flax, warm fireplaces, Siberian cherries, red currant jam on bread. We visit St. Basil’s Cathedral, then return to New England to explore the ruins of a sea captain’s mansion. Her combination of lyric and narrative weaves a magical thread through each poem with unerring skill, interest, and taste.