• Paradise Lost

    “Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit

    Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal tast

    Brought death into the world, and all our woe,

    With loss of Eden…”

    Satan and his fellow rebel angels contemplate on corrupting God’s beloved new creation, Mankind. He volunteers and prepares to leave. His children − Sin and Death − build a bridge between Hell and Earth. And disguising himself as a cherub, he lands on Earth.

    Adam and Eve, after a long day at work, are resting in their bower. And that’s when in the form of a serpent, Satan whisper’s into Eve’s ears. Tempted to eat from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, Eve commits the sin.

    And hence follows the Fall of Man…

    Milton’s magnum opus, Paradise Lost, threads together two stories focused on different heroes-the half-heroic, half-evil charismatic Satan and the united Adam and Eve-skilfully balancing them. The epic poem continues to remain as celebrated. as ever.

    “An endless moral maze, introducing literature’s first Romantic, Satan’ – John Carey

    Paradise Lost

    38.0040.00
  • A Good Mourning

    When a poem is beautifully crafted, images bop up and resonate, lines dance on the page, metaphors grip the reader and one is taken on a voyage of discovery. That was my experience while reading Ogaga Ifowodo’s latest collection of poems, entitled A Good Mourning.

    A Good Mourning

    40.00
  • Sunbeams and Shadows

    Sunbeams and Shadows is a collection of eighty-six poems spread within three sub-titles that include Continuum, Silent Pixels, and Homage. The one hundred and ten page book is published by Origami, an imprint of Parresia Publishers limited, Lagos.

    The well-designed book is of fine quality and the poems gush with ripe innocence, a quality of true beauty. The poems talk about love, pains, philosophy, uncertainties and the absurdities of life. The collection’s romantic ambience is as effective as the lamentations therein.

  • The Anguish and Vigilance of Things

    In these poems, Richard Ali presents his life as a patient on a surgeon’s table and there are no, have been no themes, to his life, as these poems reveal. There have been only a series of glances, his eye resting on this or that, his poems becoming points of emphasis, seeking to undress and pare away adjective and lie alike. My son is not naked in these poems. But these poems are a testimony to what is laid naked. He is naked beneath these poems.

  • Winning with Wisdom: A Collection of Poems

    Winning with Wisdom is a collection of poems that are deep and soul lifting. In the pages of this book, you will understand the healing power of God, read about His benevolence and ask deep questions about debacles happening around the world. Victor Uwakwe outdid himself on this one.

  • Keeper of the Remains: A Poetry Collection

    Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

    ~William Wordsworth

    A collection of poems – poems that appeal to the Reader’s inner emotions using vivid but intricate images that leaves the reader in thoughts after every read.

    However, the themes explored are ones the reader will find themselves relating with and identifying themselves with.

    Discover the rich use of images in each poem along the way.

  • Bediako (Asante Twi)

    Nhoma Bediako yi yɛ ayɛsɛm a efa aberante Kwasi Bediako abrabɔ mu nsɛm ho. Kwasi yɛ obi a n’awofo de Onyamesuro ne ɔdɔ tetew no. Osii so no, ɔwaree ababaa fɛfɛ bi a odwo na ɔbɔ ne ho mmɔden yiye nso ne no tenaa ɔdɔ ne asomdwoee mu.

    Sika kakra baa Bediako nsam no, ofii ase bɔ fekuw bɔne. Ɔpam ne yere a ɔne no fii ɔbra ase no kɔfaa sɛbe, ɔbea kohwini bi betoo ne ho so. Ankyɛ Kwasi Bediako nyaa amanne kopuee Nkran afiase. Ne ho fii asɛm no mu no, Kwasi siim sɛ ɔrekɔ Abigyan akɔpɛ paa bi adi wɔ hɔ nanso abɛbrɛsɛ a ɛtoo no ɔkwan mu no amma wankodu hɔ. Ode ne ho kaa wura kɔtenaa Sahwi kwae mu baabi yɛɛ kua. Ɛho nso n’adwuma yɛɛ ɔkwa enti ɔsan n’akyi baa fie. Ɔbra ne Kwasi dii no nwenweennwen nanso akyiri yi na Bediako bɛdan ɔdefo kase.

    Wotintim nhoma yi nea edi kan no, wɔn a wɔhwɛ Ɔman yi adesua so ne akyerɛkyerɛfo pii nyaa ayɛsɛm yi ne ne kyerɛw ho anigye mmoroso. Ne saa nti,wɔpaw Bediako se nhoma a ɛsɛ se sukuufo sua de yɛ ‘G.C.E.’ Twi sɔhwɛ. Nhoma yi mu nsɛm yɛ huam enti ebɛsi nnɛ dodow biara a wobetintim no nso to koraa. Eyi ama Owura Amarteifio asiesie nhoma dedaw no asesa mu ayɛ no kɛse kakra ama wɔatintim pii. Nhoma foforo no ni. Nokwa, Bediako yɛ nhoma a ɛsɛ se obiara to bi to ne sumii ase.

  • Ebony Dust

    Ebony Dust is a collection of poems by one of West Africa’s outstanding poets. The collection is divided into three sections, namely: African Scene, American Scene and Various Scenes. These sections fall in line with the author’s experiences and travels within Africa, in Europe and America.

    Ebony Dust is more than a collection of poems. It is one of the numerous media of expressions coming from emerging Africa.

    Ebony Dust

    25.00
  • 24 and Gnashing

    I don’t know about you, but growing up is scary, confusing and it doesn’t get any better especially if you’re gnashing.

    Actually, it is both funny and depressing like forcing a little kid to dance.

    But we move on despite the pain, the joy, and rejections towards whatever end.

    24 and Gnashing is a journey through the mind of a 24-year-old striding through the defining decade.

    It talks about heartbreaks, faith, fear, the joy of friends and family, and maybe hope.

    24 and Gnashing

    20.00
  • Lachrymose: A collection of Poetry

    Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.

    ~William Wordsworth

    lachrymose

    /ˈlakrɪməʊs,ˈlakrɪməʊz/

     

    A collection of poems – poems that appeal to the Reader’s inner emotions using vivid but intricate images that leaves the reader in thoughts after every read.

     

    However, the themes explored are ones the reader will find themselves relating with and identifying themselves with.

    Discover the rich use of images in each poem along the way.

  • The Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems, 1964-2013

    “Valuable for its vivid attempts to make new, locally rooted forms.”—Publishers Weekly

    “A celebration of the work of one of our important world poets for readers both inside and outside Africa.”—From the foreword by Kwame Dawes

    “We pay homage to Kofi Awoonor as a poet not only with a profound vision and articulation of the world, our world, but also with a gift of words that is at home in poetry, in prose, in critical literary studies, and equally in major essays about our African, our human condition.”—From the introduction by Kofi Anyidoho

    Kofi Awoonor, one of Ghana’s most accomplished poets, had for almost half a century committed himself to teaching, political engagement, and the literary arts. The one constant that guided and shaped his many occupations and roles in life was poetry. The Promise of Hope is a beautifully edited collection of some of Awoonor’s most arresting work spanning almost fifty years.

    A beautifully edited collection of poems spanning almost 50 years (1964-2013) of the author’s poetry, the Promise of Hope includes some of Kofi Awoonor’s arresting work.  Selected and edited by Kofi Anyidoho, himself a poet and academic in Ghana, the book contains much of Awoonor’s last unpublished poetry, along with many of his anthologized and classic poems.  The Promise of Hope was in its final stages in 2013 when at the time of the author’s tragic passing in Nairobi’s West Gate Mall terrorist attack. Published posthumously the following year, this engaging volume serves as a fitting contribution to the University of Nebraska Press’ inaugural cohort of books in the African Poetry Book Series.

  • The People of Idney

    The people of Idney, learned the hard way, that there was an easy way to defeat the pestilence that plagued them.

  • The Child and the Rainbow: Poems Celebrating Heavens Journey

    Who can express fully the rainbow of experiences that come with living in the cocoon of salvation within the hustle and bustle of this place called ‘the world’? Many books are constantly being written about the Christian experience, so that God’s people may know Him and the power of Jesus’ resurrection. This collection of poetry celebrates the heavenly journey with bite sized testimonies in the form of poetry. It scans personal experiences, evaluation of the truth of the Gospel in contemporary holds barred expression of gratitude for knowing Christ and a hollering about what salvation (SOZO) means. It is my prayer that it will refresh, rekindle and restore faith, hope and love!

  • The Wise Still Hear the Birds: Poems from an African Soul

    Africa has many stories to tell. Tales of love, pain, play and authentic fiery living. They hit you as you travel across the continent and encounter the utter beauty, often strained poverty and yet tenacious joy of perhaps the most expressive race in humanity. These poems were written while savoring the integrity and paradoxes of strength, weakness, pain, beauty, faith, hope and love experienced as an African treading through my home space and other spaces.

    They will touch you as they bring engagement with issues that a contemporary African must constantly acknowledge. Issues such as the profiling of Africa in international news, living as a migrant, politics of corruption, and quite simply, the dance and simplicity of this place. Ever the romantic, the games and excitements of the most complex emotion have always been significant in my outlook. So I say ‘love is a strange color – all colors merge into it!’

    The collection is an exploratory journey of words capturing life and loving in this joyous black skin.

    Let’s enjoy!

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