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“onyechi mbamali”

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  • Shadows of the Ancestors

    A Play in Three Acts

    by Onyechi Mbamali ...
    This three-act play exploits youth radicalism in exploring the course and outcome of a brand of idealism which disregards the settled order in the pursuit of a social change objective. The great ruler of Umudimkpa, a land of warriors, has just passed away. He leaves behind a great legacy, but his cabinet of high chiefs is riven with differences in commitment to his reform programme which abolished ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • When the Scorpion

    A Play in Four Acts

    by Onyechi Mbamali ...
    The appointment of a renegade son of the soil as Warrant Chief by the white District Officer is received with utter consternation by the warrior kingdom of Umudimkpa. In a bid to assert his authority, he opts for a showdown with the aged regency, exploiting the native police and the services of a dreaded juju man to unleash a reign of terror on the land. His rabid obsession with power finds ready ... Read more

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  • Lone Witness and Other Poems

    by Onyechi Mbamali ...
    From the rheumy-eyed contemplations of the aging eagle in the opening poem, Calling Time to the pulsating denouement in Aftersong, this is poetry of purpose, captivating as much in sweep, style and structure as in substance, sequence and eloquence. Lone Witness and Other Poems is a collection of poems fittingly sequenced as a narrative expedition and probing the twilights and heart of a nation in ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Your Man Abednego

    A Play in Four Acts

    by Onyechi Mbamali ...
    Your Man Abednego A play in four acts, this is an explosive sequel to the much acclaimed Shadows of The Ancestors. The warrior kingdom of Umudimkpa under an ageing regency, awaits the coming of a crown prince whose birth and mystery life were foretold by the oracles. Instead, it is British colonialists that arrive, bringing with them the daunting challenges of a foreign government and a new ... Read more

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  • Cryland Woes and Other Poems

    by Onyechi Mbamali ...
    There shall yet the guns again For privileged cups have emptied rivers And sudden shock of burning thirst Threatens the mother pot. Poetry or prophecy, these riveting lines present a sample of the tour de force behind this cover, a poets explosive anger at the parlous state of his country. Adroitly couched in words that leap at you, the verses in this handy book are smouldering faggots that signal ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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    by Dylan Thomas ...
    Dylan Thomas is known as Wales' greatest poet. He was popular for his innovative use of the English language. Sometimes his persona overshadowed his writing as he was known as a drinker when he lived in New York.Collected Poems contains nearly 100 poems written in under two decades (19341952), including perhaps his most famous work 'Do not go gentle into that good night'Expertly formatted with a ... Read more

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  • The Colossus and Other Poems

    by Sylvia Plath ...
    The Colossus and Other Poems is a collection of 44 poems written by American poet Sylvia Plath. Plath wrote confessional poetry that deals with personal subjects that are considered taboo like sexuality and depression. Sylvia Plath struggled with mental illness and eventually committed suicide. ... Read more

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  • The Marble Faun and A Green Bough

    by William Faulkner ...
    Published early in the author’s legendary career and collected here in a single illuminating volume, these are William Faulkner’s only two works of poetry: The Marble Faun (1924) and A Green Bough (1933).“These are primarily the poems of youth and a simple heart. They are the poems of a mind that reacts directly to sunlight and trees and skies and blue hills, reacts without evasion or self ... Read more

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  • Conversations with a Black Cockatoo

    The Poems of 2009-2013

    by Kevin Munro ...
    Conversations with a Black Cockatoo: The Poems of 2009-2013 is the final book in a trilogy written over the years when the authors mother entered the final phase of her life. It includes her illness, death, and the grieving of a son for a much-loved parent.-----Author Kevin Munro then uprooted his life and relocated to the Shoalhaven Region on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. All of ... Read more

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  • Perseverance: A Collection of Poetry

    by Veronica J. Valentini ...
    This awe-inspiring collection of poetry, guides readers down familiar roads of life, love and heartache. The author intertwines personal life experience with an intriguing intensity of passion and multitude of deep human emotion.In Veronica's words: "Poetry to me, is an inaudible voice crying out to be heard, the connection between the heart and soul more so than the head.Poetry is beauty, sadness ... Read more

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  • The Happier Eden

    by Elliott Troop ...
    A collection of poems by the young poet Elliott Troop, touching on various themes from love and youthful innocence to the rampant development of a materialistic culture. ... Read more

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  • Elder

    by David Constantine ...
    Like the work of the European poets who have nourished him, David Constantine's poetry is informed by a profoundly humane vision of the world. Many of the poems in his latest collection spring from particular localities: Scilly, the North of England, Southern France, the Aegean, Wales; others from certain places (loci) in literature and mythology. Inspired by such 'local habitations' and the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD