Time Stitches: Poems

Kefala's bilingual collection of linked poems explores themes of time,identity,and history,using striking polyphony to connect a young Cypriot to ancestors,contemporaries,and descendants across different time periods and locations. The readers participate in the production of meaning by stitching together their own reading of the story,creating a masterful declaration about the function of poetry.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 29 December 2022
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

Winner of the State Prize for Poetry in Cyprus, these experimental linked poem-threads span across time, weaving a profound connection between a young Cypriot and their ancestors, contemporaries, and descendants through a striking and diverse polyphony. In this bilingual collection of linked poems, Kefala skillfully weaves a tapestry of motifs that transcend the boundaries of time and identity, traversing the early 20th Century Cyprus, the 16th Century Scotland, the voyages of Christopher Columbus aboard the La Pinta, and more. As the poem threads interweave, it feels as if the protagonist, journeying through the 20th century, encounters iconic figures such as Odysseus, Cervantes, Columbus, Rembrandt, and others, all moving in harmonious synchronicity. By engaging with these threads, readers become active participants in the creation of meaning, stitching together their unique interpretations of the story. Through the lens of these interconnected verses, time remains fluid, offering a profound declaration about the essence of poetry: perhaps history is nothing more than the collective presence of innumerable human voices, some stronger and some weaker, coexisting in an eternal present.

Dimension: 228 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781646051847