The Chronicles of the Pharaoh’S Daughter: Poems of Love, Loss, and Rebirth

Davina Rhine

Aug 2012 · iUniverse

About this ebook

The Chronicles of the Pharaohs Daughter presents a passionate, ironic, and symbolic collection of poems that blends antiquity, history, memory, reincarnation, wealth, poverty, sex, love, life, birth, and afterlife. Poet Davina Rhine shares a tormented adventure lamenting the loss of her idealized father and recalling the grudging acceptance of a womans experience in domesticity, mundane work, and child-rearing.

This confessional poet, torn by grief, erotica, responsibility, mature love, and dreams, goes from sinner to forgiver in the course of the collection. Unlike other confessionals, her journey in dreams and everyday life does not end in misery, but in rapture both strong and defiant as she is resurrected. The clashing metaphors of the past and present take us all over the ancient world and into the heart of modern love; the journey begins with an act of vengeance for the women raped at the birth of Rome.

Rhine explores the sacred, the vulgar, and the human experience as her poems explode into sharp, dizzying shards of emotion and drama. The Chronicles of the Pharaohs Daughter is a collection that exhales classical archaeology while reinventing the past with the vigor and vision of a strong, defiant activist and writer.

About the author

Davina Rhine is a socially aware political activist who lives in Texas with her family. Her first book, Rebel Moms: The Off -Road Map for the Off -Road Mom, was published in 2011, which has received great reviews from BUST Magazine & Hip Mama Zine. She spends her days chasing the goddess and dharma and writing essays, fiction and poetry.