From Cycles to Circles: Poems of Exile

By Tafara P Sairai

The anthology From Cycles to Circles: Poems of Exile is a collection of poems whose themes range from poverty to striving, failure to triumph, love to hate, pain to joy, and disappointment to encouragement. Although the first poem is Cycles and the last is Circles, the title alludes to something deeper. It talks of a journey from cycles of nonclosure to circles where closure begins to emerge. The poems are not only an exposition of issues faced by foreigners, asylum seekers and people living in exile but are also an artistic critique of both emotions and experiences that form part of the core of people's struggle for adaptation to new cultures. Hope is a theme that permeates most of the poems as is nostalgia. There is also a
sense of hope for renewal or rebirth of something that was lost, yet one still gets the underlying feeling that the poet has a strong undertone of not dwelling too much on the past but embracing the future and making the best of the lemons that life throws at us. The poet uses visual descriptions and imagery to good effect. His descriptions paint clear images that leave the audience experiencing the emotions that he wants to invoke. Symbolism is used to great effect in poems such as Cycles, Stilettos, Flowers and Circles, and many others. The poet employs images, symbols, sarcasm and humour as different shades of paint and rhetoric as the paintbrush to paint an indelible picture on the canvas of our minds. This leaves positive after-images that are fleeting, yet permanent.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CKRRGG5P
• ISBN13: 9798377049005
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"