Analogous Annum, by Elinor Serumgard

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features. Analogous Annum takes place somewhere between journal pages and expansive fantasies. Set within the framing of a year, Elinor Serumgard celebrates sensory pleasures such as the sweetness of summer tomatoes and the warmth of the sun. Underneath these delights lies the author’s drive for self-creation in big wide world. Serumgard’s debut poetry collection is inspired by their desire to chase beauty and sensation, even when life comes up short. The keystone poem, “This Year I’ll Try Not To Feel Sad In the Winter” started as a mantra they told themselves while stuck washing dishes at work during the Big Dark—the Pacific Northwest’s omnipresent gloom during the winter. This poem grew into a surreal love letter to hope and Washington forests. Analogous Annum is a collection of free form poetry that asks readers to savor the world around them. Elinor Serumgard (they/them) is a writer and artist from Issaquah, Washington. Their work has been published in Stone of Madness Press, Cicada Creative Magazine, and #EnbyLife Journal.  They love writing about queer identity and nature, often intertwined with each other. You can find them at www.elinorserumgard.com and @elinorserumgard on Instagram.