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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.

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[An] extraordinary collection of poems, [Ten Phun] is a name I won't forget, and I recommend that you remember it as well. --Anna Jedrziewski Retailing Insight Magazine

[An] extraordinary collection of poems, [Ten Phun] is a name I won't forget, and I recommend that you remember it as well. --Anna Jedrziewski Retailing Insight Magazine

"""[An] extraordinary collection of poems, [Ten Phun] is a name I won't forget, and I recommend that you remember it as well."" --Anna Jedrziewski ""Retailing Insight Magazine"""

""[An] extraordinary collection of poems, [Ten Phun] is a name I won't forget, and I recommend that you remember it as well."" --Anna Jedrziewski ""Retailing Insight Magazine""

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Poet/rapper/actor, Ten Phun, was born in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. After losing both his parents, his aunt enrolled him in Lhasa's Sera Monastery, where, as a novice monk, he secretly read children's storybooks translated into Tibetan, including Snow White and The Adventures of Pinocchio. In 1999, he fled to India, where he studied in a Tibetan refugee school. He is a member of the only Tibetan theatre group in exile.

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