Pomegranate Seeds and Misdeeds

<p>In this lyrical collection the myth of Persephone is cracked open and retold from the inside out through the eyes of Persephone Demeter Hades and the poet herself. These poems speak not of abduction but of agency. Not of silence but of voice.</p><p></p><p>Blending ancient myth with modern femininity <em>Pomegranate Seeds and Misdeeds</em><strong><em> </em></strong>is a reclamation of power and a conversation between Persephone and every woman who's ever been told to stay soft to stay small to stay silent.</p><p></p><p>Oh sweet Persephone</p><p></p><p>Even mortal women must break from</p><p>their mothers to become something new.</p><p>So when you peeled that pomegranate</p><p>and ate its seeds did it taste of freedom?</p><p>Did the darkness offer you something</p><p>that springtime and light never could?</p><p>The gods always pegged you as one thing</p><p>but not <em>him</em>. He recognized the duality</p><p>within you. He saw you and saw a queen.</p><p>I hear the nymphs cried for you and asked</p><p>if you were afraid. I hear thorns grew at</p><p>your feet and when your ichor bled into</p><p>the Underworld you warned the Gods</p><p>against a woman's contradictions and said</p><p>it is <em>me</em> they should fear.</p><p></p><p>-from <em>pomegranate seeds and misdeeds</em></p>