The pomegranate, as a symbol and for its color, has historical meaning for women both in mythology and literature. Zayra's literary poetic collection, Color Me Pomegranate, travels through the many layers of mythical women turned into real women living these myths out in every day life. On the pages of this collection, we encounter Aphrodite, Medusa, Meda, Persphone, Athena, Inanna, Ishtar, Gaia, Sophia, Durga, Kali, Mary, The Black Madonna, Eve,Anne Sexton, Marilyn Monroe, Sylvia Plath, Kiki de Montpamasse, Lee Miller, Berthe Morisot, Joan of Arc and the Scarlet Woman in all vessels, in every woman's body. It is the fall and resurrection of all women within the mystical experiences, which are often times as full of suffering, as they are gritty, and soft on the emotional path toward the alchemy of self discovery, self acceptance and self love for the spiritual evolution and content of the feminine. The book ends in the rise of all women through the Goddess in a transfiguration:... More > "I am SHE."< Less
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By Wanda Brayton
Sep 13, 2010
I truly love this gifted and lovely human being. Everything she writes (and speaks), her talent and depth, come straight from the surging depths of her heart, the infinite spaces her soul roams through. Her artistry is impressive, enlightening and causes an evolution you might not expect within your self. I cannot recommend her highly enough. This is a human being. This is a woman in the finest sense of the word. This is a poet, a painter, a seductress, a glistening orb of wisdom among us.
