Sweet Butter Tea: A Book of Poems

SWEET BUTTER TEA is a collection of poems that spontaneously sprang from the most personal memories and childhood recollections of exiled Tibetan, Ten Phun. Since his escape to India, Ten Phun has experienced a bewildering sense of loss, harrowing loneliness, as well as lively times in a borrowed space. This volume is peppered with eclectic images of confusion, nostalgia and the poet’s deep longing to be back in his home of Tibet. I don’t know how old my heart is, I only know my five-o'clock shadow tells it all, Ten Phun writes. This book of poetry promises a dizzying journey into a young adult refugee’s struggles, dreams and musings, all packed into bite-sized verses that grasp at truth and attempt to put into words the anguish of physical, emotional and psychological dislocation.