Fireworks Lost in the Daylight

In his second collection, A. Attar expands his range with a mature and deeply reflective study of family, memory, and the creative spirit. Fireworks Lost in the Daylight begins with "My Flowers of Desiderium," a section rooted in the "most intense pain" of losing family members. From the eighty-year history of a family courtyard to the clinical, sterile wonder of hospital hallways, Attar transforms personal grief into a universal language of nostalgia and "strange goodbyes".

The second half of the book, ‘’Fireworks Lost in the Daylight,’’ pivots to abstract metaphors of fire and identity. Using the imagery of wildfire, candles, fireworks, and the myth of Prometheus, the poems explore topics ranging from intense desire and resentful yearning to the ethics of writing and artistic ambition.

"It still hurts.
I am glad it does,
because that is how I know it was real."