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Eyes of a Boy, Lips of a Man
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Product Description
Published in 1999, "Eye of a Boy, Lips of a Man" is the collection for "Flipped Eye".
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #198090 in Books
- Published on: 2005-12-21
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 28 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
A native of Ghana, Nii Ayikwei Parkes is active as a performance poet and runs several workshops. He is widely published and has contributed to several magazines including Wasafiri, Dreamcatcher, Poetry News and X magazine, which he edits. His second collection of poetry M is for Madrigal was published in 2004 by the tall-lighthouse press.
Customer Reviews
sublime word craft
I think this is a brilliant collection, but it is too short. The poems are multilayered and it is a joy to read until the last page - just when you are beginning to really get into it. The last poem "Rendezvous with Death" is my personal favourite.
"I wish I was the kind who could look death in its many eyes and bid it come... I wish I could face violent death unfazed; look upon its red and black attire and charge straight on to the gleaming sword it points at me..."
A defiant debut. I recommend it highly.
