Aurora Cantus: A Poet's Book of Hours
by Silvia Passiflora
Scriptaluna Press, June 2026
Aurora Cantus: A Poet's Book of Hours is the debut poetry collection by Southern Gothic Folk poet-songwriter Silvia Passiflora. Drawn from a catalog approaching 2,000 poems, thirty-three selections are arranged in four sections inspired by the medieval Book of Hours, a devotional tradition that brought language and reflection into everyday life.
Written during the artist's journey through Grammy® consideration as an independent musician working between Nashville and Atlanta, these poems trace a landscape of uncertainty, persistence, solitude, wonder, and hard-won faith in the creative path. The title, Latin for "dawn song," reflects the collection's movement toward first light, while Scriptaluna, the press that publishes it, means "writing under the moon." Together, they frame a collection about finding language when no map exists and continuing forward anyway.
ISBN 979-8-9959704-0-8
LCCN 2026913755
$20 USA
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About the Author
Silvia Passiflora is a Southern Gothic Folk poet-songwriter and Grammy®-considered artist who guides listeners with ukulele, banjo, and spoken word offering safe passage past life's cliffhangers. Her 2025 releases, alongside the single Pokeberry Letter (Grammy®-considered for Best American Roots Song), showcase songwriting rooted in lyric precision and hard-won witness. Her debut poetry collection, Aurora Cantus: A Poet's Book of Hours (Scriptaluna Press, 2026), extends that narrative into the devotional hours of a Southern year.
Born in the Philippines and carried to Hawaii's shores, Passiflora grew up among gardens and kitchens, learning the craft and the discipline of observation. A classically trained chef, certified master gardener, certified sommelier, and meticulous keeper of metadata, she gathers each discipline like heirloom seeds, carrying them into her creative life on stage and in the studio.
Nearing 2,000 poems and an expanding body of work across page and performance, her catalog reflects a rare wit and a distinctive narrative signature.
Traveling across Athens, Atlanta, Charleston, and Nashville, her performances capture the electricity between a story and the crowd leaning in to hear.
Official website: https://silviapassiflora.com
Excerpts
“even stillness has velocity / when it is chosen ”
— Momentum Angelorum at 2:22
Enough of Signs
— from Aurora Cantus: A Poet's Book of Hours
The rocking chair did not move
until she did —
and even then,
it asked for permission.
After the hard birthing
of twin albums
that nearly bled her,
she wasn’t waiting for a sign.
She’d had enough of signs.
In this moment,
all that mattered was the feeling
of being held and cradled.
The signs could wait their turn.
The porch squeaked
in accordance anyway —
like a fiddle
to a metronome,
like a village
that shows up
after the babies are born.
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