DarkWinter Press New Release: Quantum by Irina Moga!

DarkWinter Press is thrilled to announce our latest release, the poetry collection Quantum, by Irina Moga, available now on Amazon in paperback and e-version for Kindle! You can buy it here!

About Quantum:

Quantum is a collection of poems meant to anchor readers in light-heartedness and serenity. One of the themes in the book is the view that poetry can be perceived as a field of creative energy, whose quanta surround us and in which we can immerse ourselves via the mediating power of daydreaming. Poetry is the deconstruction of reality and its recompilation into an alternate paradigm, guided by intuition, aesthetics, and the quantum mechanics of one’s own imagination. In Quantum, the author moves us through layers of sensorial cues and a discourse whose ultimate goal is healing - an everyday catharsis for life’s tough moments, held in balance by the power of words.

Advance Praise for Quantum:

Through mathematical concepts, natural imagery, and personal reflection, Irina Moga’s Quantum is an intricate and introspective exploration of the boundaries we perceive in life, the inevitable passage of time, and the things that always seem just beyond our reach. These poems convey that our understanding of the past, our identity, and ourselves is fleeting and incomplete. Yet, there is beauty in this impermanence, as memory and experience shape us in ways that are both profound and elusive. The more you read these poems, the more multifaceted they become, revealing new patterns and meanings—much like discovering deeper levels of detail in a fractal. Each poem in Quantum draws you further into its mysterious orbit, offering an experience that is both intimate and expansive, cerebral and sensory.

–  Crystal S. Gibbins, author of Now/Here and editor of Split Rock Review

Spending time with Moga’s poetry it’s easy to find yourself adrift on gently returning thematic waves that build up and pull away. The collection is beautifully patterned with leaves, snow, and moonlight, and the glittering edges of recursive experience. As with The Mandelbrot Set which opens this evocative collection, things are nothing and everything like they seem at first glance. There is a wonderful experience of weightlessness as you progress through these poems. There are carefully portioned tastes and teases from the real world - the zest of lemon, basil bunches, wooden planks felt underfoot, and lilac bushes - but the insistent questioning of perspective keeps the reader deliciously on their toes. This is a poet who understands that so much of lived experience comes down to the perception of the senses, and what we do with those sensory inputs. This line from Future Sonnet is a wonderful invitation to experience this collection: “Which treasure can we have and in which life?”

—  Dagne Forrest, winner of the 2023 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest, author of Un / Becoming, and member of the senior editorial team for “Painted Bride Quarterly”.

About The Author:

Irina Moga is a trilingual poet writing in English, French, and Romanian, and a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada. The author of six poetry collections, she brings a distinctive voice to contemporary literature, one that interlaces linguistic precision with lyrical depth. Her collection Variations sans palais (Éditions L’Harmattan, Paris) received the 2022 Dina Sahyouni International Literary Prize in France. Her poems have appeared widely in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France in publications such as Canadian Literature, carte blanche, New York Quarterly, and California Quarterly. Her work has been nominated for the SFPA Rhysling Award and Best of the Net. Moga’s poetry has been translated into German, Spanish, Korean and Farsi, further extending its reach across linguistic and cultural boundaries.