Smoked Pearl Poems of Hong Kong and Beyond Akin Jeje Viki Holmes Xu Xi Yeeshan Yang 9789888228201 Books
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Smoked Pearl is Akinsola Olufemi Jeje's first full-length collection of poetry, a semi-autobiographical compilation of poems written between 2005 and 2008. The collection thus indirectly chronicles Jeje's arrival in Hong Kong and his subsequent observations of Hong Kong life, Chinese and world events (Canada, Iraq, Africa, the USA); and his musings on race, culture, everyday life and matters of the heart. By turns exuberant, pensive, angry and poignant, Smoked Pearl speaks from the heart of a black Westerner as he negotiates the complexities of "Asia's world city" and its unique place in Chinese history and culture. Akin Jeje sees Hong Kong as a place where the political intersects with the personal. In his poetry, he compellingly shows his consciousness that the territory itself creates its own daily poetry through the joined rhythms of its own existence and that of the emerging giant on whose lip it rests. The title "Smoked Pearl" alludes to Hong Kong's position at the mouth of China's Pearl River Delta. But it also calls to mind Hong Kong's common designation as, "the Pearl of the Orient", indicating that here we have a different view. Jeje brings to Hong Kong and the world events he engages with a unique perspective of outrage, fascination, and – ultimately – compassion.
Smoked Pearl Poems of Hong Kong and Beyond Akin Jeje Viki Holmes Xu Xi Yeeshan Yang 9789888228201 Books
Well-traveled Akin Jeje observes the human condition in his poetry, but without pretense; is compassionate, and concerned for justice, without being pompous; aware of the many dark themes of this world, but without being downbeat; and he's direct and clear, without being simplistic.He has a lot to say, and is good at it, and these poems are like friends. Friends that you will turn to repeatedly because certain phrases, flows of words, and descriptions, gleam and resonate.
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Smoked Pearl Poems of Hong Kong and Beyond Akin Jeje Viki Holmes Xu Xi Yeeshan Yang 9789888228201 Books Reviews
Well-traveled Akin Jeje observes the human condition in his poetry, but without pretense; is compassionate, and concerned for justice, without being pompous; aware of the many dark themes of this world, but without being downbeat; and he's direct and clear, without being simplistic.
He has a lot to say, and is good at it, and these poems are like friends. Friends that you will turn to repeatedly because certain phrases, flows of words, and descriptions, gleam and resonate.
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