Amaranth

by Sarah Isufi

"Amaranth" is a captivating, inspiring, and breathtaking poetry book. The sense of otherness, together with great themes of existentialism, dark inner troubles, death, grief, love, passion, make this book a beautiful mosaic.
Bringing new dimensions in poetry with an elegant, yet revolutionary writing style, "Amaranth" will make you discover yourself. It will even trick your reality a bit.

129 pages, Paperback, Kindle

First published February 13, 2022

About the author

Sarah Isufi is an Albanian poet, freelance content writer, and AI ethicist.
She graduated from the University of Tirana in Sociology of Social Developments. Her first poetry book, titled “Winter’s daughter” (“Cucës s’dimnit”) was published in Albanian northern dialect (July 2021), while "Amaranth", worldwide published poetry book (February 2022), was written by the author in English.

Also, she is engaged in mentoring and working as a jury member in an international poetry contest, Mili Dueli.

Sarah loves photography, philosophy, white tulips, and her dog, Boki.

Reviews

[calavera · Rating 5 out of 5]

This touching book is a strong mix of love and hopes with grief, nostalgia, and existential doubts. At each, some poems hit the notes precisely. For me, the author feels at her best on the negative side of the spectrum with few standout performances in "Tomorrowing dictature", "Heart of Yemen" and "A Saturday without grandpa". The first captures the anxiety of the modern age in striving for a better future. The second one is an oddball thrown by abstract existential musings. "A Saturday without grandpa" manages to evoke strong nostalgia for a grandfather who is long gone. Words here manage to resonate strongly and bring vivid pictures and emotions. If words can bring people to life, this is one great example.