Past and Pending
Poems of Nostalgia and Endurance
- Arts & Literature
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
Have you ever thought about your past so much that memories from years ago were as vivid as if they happened days ago? Have you ever been surprised at what you found upon another look? This collection of poetry stirs through deep memories, mixing the past with the present. The state of pausing becomes a way to reflect and reevaluate the life lived so far. Past and Pending: Poems of Nostalgia and Endurance takes readers on a journey as it travels through the warmth of childhood years, the fast-paced nature of high school years, and eventually settles into the uncertain present tense. The book also plummets into the bittersweet feelings of partings. It shows how often people leave each other's lives without saying goodbye. Creativity is another marker of identity that the poems in this collection explore. It delves into the importance of continuing to try in the face of failures or disappointments. It emphasizes the passion that urges people to create and produces a positive message of endurance.
Endorsements (4)
“To tell a life’s story in poetry requires a deft touch, emotional range, and endless human bravery. Sasha Chinnaya’s poems range from ‘A Symphony of Curry,’ which beats on the page like a ‘tireless heart,’ to portraits of New York’s pandemic year, in which ‘parting is all we know’ and ‘uncertainty blooms like a new love.’ Her poems show a poet’s sensitivity to changing places, people, and the impersonal forces that shape and structure our lives.”
“In this highly insightful work of art, Chinnaya reveals her story by bringing us on a journey by first treasuring the beauty within our childhood, then acknowledging the complexities of adulthood—and that together they ultimately help us to understand ourselves and make us who we are.”
“Sasha Chinnaya’s writing is moving as she recounts the stages of her life, from childhood through adulthood, with vivid poems. Her work is deeply introspective and raw as she chronicles the joys of making cultural dishes with loved ones, the sorrow of feeling like an outsider, the uncertainty that young people face when their futures are not clearly carved out, and more.”
“Each of the poems within this collection is so beautiful, exciting, memorable, and enjoyable to read. I just couldn’t stop reading. I loved the way Chinnaya described her childhood, and the different cultural foods made me very hungry. It was adorable and engaging to read about her husky pet and all of his mischief and things he liked to do. Some of my favorite poems include ‘Capitalism Never Sleeps,’ ‘Home,’ ‘Fall,’ ‘Husky,’ and ‘Pastries at Martha’s.’”
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