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- Nuptials At Vespers And Other Strains
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- 2015
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
Another exciting and confrontational poetry collection by the award-winning poet, John Ngong Kum Ngong. Nuptials At Vespers And Other Strains is his eighth collection of 44 poems. These poems particularly handle questions of identity, delineating the poet-persona's struggle to detach himself from the bard and be like any ordinary person in society. After a bootless tussle and a depression, he makes friends with the poet .Together they view their situation as a marriage and a prison full of pain, torture and suffering. They desire to end their affliction fighting together. There is a hint of regret, disappointment and even bitterness but the prevailing mood of love and concern spell hope in darkness.
Table of Contents
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- Bootless Tussle
- pp. 1-2
- Empty Pitcher
- pp. 3-4
- Feckless Spouse
- pp. 8-9
- Stupid Love
- pp. 12-13
- Take Me Back
- pp. 14-15
- Cut to the Quick
- pp. 16-17
- Celebrating Tenderness
- pp. 18-19
- Memorable Journey
- pp. 20-21
- You Cannot Understand
- pp. 22-23
- Sinister System
- pp. 24-25
- No Place to Carve
- pp. 26-27
- Minds in the Wilderness
- pp. 28-29
- Refusing To See
- pp. 30-31
- Wrestling Match
- pp. 32-33
- Speaking One Language
- pp. 34-35
- Awaken The Giant
- p. 36
- Race with my Thoughts
- pp. 37-38
- Do Something
- pp. 41-42
- Beast Of Prey
- pp. 45-46
- The Human Beast
- pp. 47-48
- Delusions of Grandeur
- pp. 49-50
- Ungroomed Heads
- pp. 53-54
- Living Without Your Head
- pp. 55-56
- The World Breaks Everyone
- pp. 57-58
- More Sinned Against
- pp. 59-60
- Supreme Sacrifice
- pp. 61-62
- Unswerving Friend
- pp. 63-64
- The Yoke of Love
- pp. 65-66
- Light Your Light
- pp. 67-68
- Torn By Guilt
- pp. 69-70
- False Bravado
- pp. 71-72
- Fall Prostrate Brother
- pp. 73-74
- Dark Moments
- p. 75
- Blow Invisible Winds
- pp. 76-77
- In Yahweh’s Hands
- pp. 80-81
- A Star Sank Here
- pp. 82-83
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956762248
Related ISBN(s)
9789956792108
MARC Record
OCLC
911048064
Pages
90
Launched on MUSE
2015-06-25
Language
English
Open Access
No