{"product_id":"seedtime-kofi-anyidoho-9789988902230","title":"SeedTime: Selected Poems I","description":"In memory of all the Ancestral Voices who prepared the field for our SeedTime... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeedTime I \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together Selected Poems from Kofi Anyidoho's first five collections, beginning in reverse order with poems from \u003ci\u003eAncestralLogic \u0026amp; CaribbeanBlues \u003c\/i\u003e(1993), \u003ci\u003eA Harvest of Our Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eEarthChild \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), \u003ci\u003eElegy for the Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), and \u003ci\u003eBrainSurgery (\u003c\/i\u003e1985). \u003ci\u003eBrainSurgery\u003c\/i\u003e, the earliest of these collections, was never published as a collection until it came out together with \u003ci\u003eEarthChild\u003c\/i\u003e (Woeli Publishing Services, 1985), even though several of the poems had appeared in various journals, magazines and anthologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeedTime: Selected Poems I\u003c\/i\u003e is a backward glance to those magical years of birth waters flowing across a landscape filled at once with danger and hope, with dying and rebirth in the mystery and miracle of new beginnings so soon after countless brushfires. But the doubt returns again so close behind the hope as we offer trembling prayers in \u003ci\u003enew poems from an old loom: See What They've Done To Our SunRise\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet, somehow, we must open our minds and souls to the Forever Promise of New SeedTimes. This world cannot, must not crumble under our watch. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Quintessential Anyidoho...a harvest of the master craftman's gems across time and space. \u003ci\u003eSeedTime\u003c\/i\u003e brings a refreshing newness to old songs, and, for new ones, a touch of creative genius we have come to associate with the poet's pedigree; a timeless legacy of a poet-laureate, whose voice waxes even stronger in his twilight years.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMawuli Adjei, author, poet and literary scholar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A collection of haunting poems in which we SEE the turbulent variety of our history, and HEAR the English language teased to express the many rhythms of the African's eternal homesickness.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProf. A. N. Mensah, Department of English, University of Ghana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kofi Anyidoho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9988902239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789988902230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dakpabli \u0026amp; Associates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Kofi Anyidoho","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149544583423,"sku":"9789988902230","price":15.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08d5fc6c-1cfe-4786-a9fe-51e2decab8cc.jpg?v=1688457243","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seedtime-kofi-anyidoho-9789988902230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}