LEADER 00000cam a22012377i 4500 001 wcs61qnxtsv7c10v 008 230508s2020 enk|||||||||||000 p|eng|c 020 9781845234775 041 eng 082 04 821.92|223 084 He.03|2kssb/8 092 0 Poesi|bengelska 100 1 Parkes, Nii Ayikwei|4aut 245 14 The Geez :|bpoems /|cNii Ayikwei Parkes 264 1 Leeds, UK :|bPeepal Tree Press Ltd,|c[2020] 264 4 |c©2020 300 116 pages|c21 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 "A Poetry Book Society recommendation" -- front cover 520 A stunning new collection from Nii Ayikwei Parkes, featuring poems which embrace play, love and the ephemeral such as water bodies, blood/heritage, history and gossip; and a healthy dose of music and popular culture. The Geez navigates the blurred lines between age and youth; the real and the imagined; what is seen and what is -- what catches the gaze and what lies beneath. Conceived in four sections, the collection moves from play, to love, to gossip and - finally - to explorations of the intersections of self and contemporary culture, including a segment inspired by blues legends, riffing on the myth of the crossroads, as well as an eleven-part love letter to the African diaspora -- specifically African-Americans, whose sacrifices have contributed to the still-suppressed freedoms of Black folk globally. A number of the poems in The Geez are written in a form called the Gimbal, which was developed by Nii -- initially to work through his enduring grief at the loss of his father. It is now a form that has evolved to mine emotion within a guiding format that, for him, evokes the workings of a gyroscope -- spinning but stable -- a state that echoes the liminality that anchors this collection. Simultaneously conceptual and deeply personal, The Geez is an intimate exploration of human perception and the way the body responds to, and expresses emotion 650 0 African poetry (English) 650 7 Poesi|2sao 650 7 Engelsk poesi|2sao 650 7 Engelsk politisk poesi|2sao 655 7 Poesi|2saogf
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