{"product_id":"pomegranate-seeds-and-misdeeds-9798991559126","title":"Pomegranate Seeds and Misdeeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this lyrical collection, the myth of Persephone is cracked open and retold from the inside out, through the eyes of Persephone, Demeter, Hades and the poet herself. These poems speak not of abduction, but of agency. Not of silence, but of voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending ancient myth with modern femininity, \"\u003cem\u003ePomegranate Seeds and Misdeeds\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a reclamation of power and a conversation between Persephone and every woman who's ever been told to stay soft, to stay small, to stay silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Oh sweet Persephone, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven mortal women must break from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir mothers to become something new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when you peeled that pomegranate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand ate its seeds, did it taste of freedom?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid the darkness offer you something\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat springtime and light never could?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gods always pegged you as one thing, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut not \u003cem\u003ehim\u003c\/em\u003e. He recognized the duality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithin you. He saw you and saw a queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hear the nymphs cried for you and asked\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif you were afraid. I hear thorns grew at\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour feet and when your ichor bled into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Underworld, you warned the Gods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eagainst a woman's contradictions and said, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit is \u003cem\u003eme\u003c\/em\u003e they should fear.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-from \u003cem\u003epomegranate seeds and misdeeds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lyra Wren","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51831613456658,"sku":"9798991559126","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c65a9c34-79d3-4f21-8235-fccd9962f3b1.jpg?v=1767006416","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pomegranate-seeds-and-misdeeds-9798991559126","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}