Amaranth

Amaranth. An unfading flower. Translated from the ancient Greek amaranton to mean unfading, the amaranth flower stands as a symbol of timelessness and eternity. Long held sacred in myth and legend for its powers of healing, the amaranth has represented a source of strength and vitality in cultures that span the ancient Greeks to the Aztecs to contemporary times. The amaranth has appeared in the works of Aesop, Milton, Shelley, Keats and many others over the ages as an image of immortality due to its healing powers and unfading beauty. This new edition presents these poems together in print for the first time. In this collected form, the author’s work offers a meditation on time and memory through haunting images of love and longing. Through this symbol of permanence and unfading beauty, Amaranth’s lamentation over the transitory nature of being is both mournful and heartbreaking but ultimately filled with an affirmation of love and life.