Wound is the Origin of Wonder

Maya C. Popa's poems explore the capacity of wonder to reawaken our appetite for the world, engaging lucidly with the most profound questions we face in our collective responsibilities and relations with each other. She writes with love and wonder of a world poised at a perilous moment, asking if our children will exist by the time it is irreversible. Her poems are beautiful and profound, inviting us to pause and consider the precision of imagery, breadth of ideas, and warmth and generosity of her lyric voice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 08 June 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Rewritten text:

Maya C. Popa's poems delve into the power of wonder to rekindle our hunger for the world, particularly in a time of endings. Through lucid and profound exploration, she addresses the most pressing questions we face as individuals and as a collective. With a blend of love and wonder, Popa captures the essence of a world on the brink: "My children, will they exist by the time its irreversible?" she ponders. "Will they live / astonished at the thought of ice / not pulled from the mouth of a machine?" Popa takes her role as a poet seriously, striving to find "the images... adequate to our predicament." Her poems are a testament to the precision of imagery, the breadth of ideas, and the warmth and generosity of her lyric voice. They invite readers to pause, reflect, and be deeply affected by the beauty and profundity of these lyric poems, prompting them to return and engage with their rich tapestry of words.

Rewritten text:

Maya C. Popa's poems delve into the power of wonder to rekindle our hunger for the world, particularly in a time of endings. Through lucid and profound exploration, she addresses the most pressing questions we face as individuals and as a collective. With a blend of love and wonder, Popa captures the essence of a world on the brink: "My children, will they exist by the time its irreversible?" she ponders. "Will they live / astonished at the thought of ice / not pulled from the mouth of a machine?" Popa takes her role as a poet seriously, striving to find "the images... adequate to our predicament." Her poems are a testament to the precision of imagery, the breadth of ideas, and the warmth and generosity of her lyric voice. They invite readers to pause, reflect, and be deeply affected by the beauty and profundity of these lyric poems, prompting them to return and engage with their rich tapestry of words.

Weight: 156g
Dimension: 155 x 197 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035017386