Sign-In
Cart
A Pomegranate Story: And Other Poems
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $29.99
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 1038338891
ISBN13: 9781038338891
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Nov 21 2025
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781038338891
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Nov 21 2025
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
She's one of the
Pomegranates
On the tree
She falls
Cracks open
Starts to bleed
Now you wash the hands
That have ripped its skin
They're remaining red
You are never clean!
Inspired by personal experiences and the stories of others, A Pomegranate Story is a poignant collection of poems and artwork about love, abuse, heartbreak, womanhood, immigration, and ultimately transformation. Through her poetry, Hanie Afshar offers a reflective account of her journey as a woman, as an immigrant, and as someone shaped by life in a so-called Third World country.
Serving as the book's central symbol, the pomegranate is both deeply powerful and deeply personal for Hanie. Long celebrated in her homeland; as an emblem of femininity, fertility, and resilience, it embodies the many layers of meaning running through her work. This connection reaches back to Hanie's own beginnings: while pregnant with her, Hanie's mother was gifted the first pomegranates from the tree that grew in her late grandfather's backyard. In A Pomegranate Story, this fruit becomes a vessel for hidden histories and voices often unheard.
At its core, A Pomegranate Story is a story of renewal. With simple yet emotionally relatable lyricism, Hanie beautifully navigates the complexities of identity and cultural displacement, empowering readers to discover the resilience required to begin anew.
Pomegranates
On the tree
She falls
Cracks open
Starts to bleed
Now you wash the hands
That have ripped its skin
They're remaining red
You are never clean!
Inspired by personal experiences and the stories of others, A Pomegranate Story is a poignant collection of poems and artwork about love, abuse, heartbreak, womanhood, immigration, and ultimately transformation. Through her poetry, Hanie Afshar offers a reflective account of her journey as a woman, as an immigrant, and as someone shaped by life in a so-called Third World country.
Serving as the book's central symbol, the pomegranate is both deeply powerful and deeply personal for Hanie. Long celebrated in her homeland; as an emblem of femininity, fertility, and resilience, it embodies the many layers of meaning running through her work. This connection reaches back to Hanie's own beginnings: while pregnant with her, Hanie's mother was gifted the first pomegranates from the tree that grew in her late grandfather's backyard. In A Pomegranate Story, this fruit becomes a vessel for hidden histories and voices often unheard.
At its core, A Pomegranate Story is a story of renewal. With simple yet emotionally relatable lyricism, Hanie beautifully navigates the complexities of identity and cultural displacement, empowering readers to discover the resilience required to begin anew.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Afshar, Hanie
Also in
General Poetry
Dante's Vita Nuova, New Edition: A Translation and an Essay
Pitavy, Francois
Alighieri, Dante
Paperback
$33.00
Sounding the Seasons Enlarged Edition: One Hundred and Ten Sonnets for the Christian Year
Guite, Malcolm
Paperback
$19.94
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
Lao Tzu
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Paperback
$17.06
They Bloom Because of You: Poems on the Infinite Love, Growth, and Magic of Motherhood
Urlichs, Jessica
Paperback
$18.05
This Is the Main Event: Discovering the Life You Long for in the Life You Have
Smith, Joshua Luke
Hardcover
$24.70