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This poem is from the chapbook Suli by Anastasia Bortsvadze (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/suli-by-anastasia-bortsvadze/
Anastasia Bortsvadze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia and immigrated to the United States at age ten, carrying memories of war, family rituals, and a deep love for a distant homeland. Her poetry explores these fractured landscapes of displacement and belonging. Suli is her debut chapbook and introduces the first queer Georgian-American voice in published poetry. Her poem “Pomegranate Seeds” has appeared in Epistemic Literary Magazine. Beyond poetry, Bortsvadze is a master’s student at New York University, a sculptor, and a black belt in taekwondo. She speaks four languages and maintains a five-year running list of everything she loves. She lives in Brooklyn, her chosen home, and can often be found hosting supras for friends, believing that the best poetry happens around a crowded table.
