A fire in my head : poems for the dawn / Ben Okri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Okri, Ben, author.

Language:

English

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

141 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Other Press LLC, [2021]

Summary:

"From the renowned Booker Prize-winning author, a powerful collection of poems covering topics of the day, such as the refugee crisis, Black Lives Matter protests, and COVID-19. In our times of crisis The mind has its powers This book brings together many of Ben Okri's most acclaimed and politically charged poems. 'Grenfell Tower, June 2017,' published in the Financial Times less than ten days after the fire, was played more than 6 million times on Facebook, and was retweeted by thousands on Twitter. 'Notre-Dame Is Telling Us Something' was first read on BBC Radio 4, in the aftermath of the cathedral's near destruction. It spoke eloquently of the despair that was felt around the world. In 'shaved head poem,' Okri wrote of the confusion and anxiety felt as the world grappled with a health crisis unprecedented in our times. 'Breathing the Light' was his response to the events of summer 2020, when a Black man died beneath the knee of a white policeman, a tragedy sparking a movement for change. These poems, and others including poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa, Barack Obama, Amnesty, and more, make this a uniquely powerful collection that blends anger and tenderness with Okri's inimitable vision"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Unknown Hour

How many ways A new poem for the American edition

Finding the Present

Slept Badly

Liberty

A Shakespeare Portrait

Notre-Dame Is Telling Us Something

A New Dream of Politics

Closed, still open

The Unknown Hour

Convergence

Lines on a drawing

Outside the wedding

Everest

Hamlet

A little song

In a temple in seoul

Obama

Midday

Africa is a reality not seen

A broken song

Decolonisation

On race

The Insider

Manetho's books

Siwah

Boko haram

Amnesty at Forty

Revolution

Dusk

A history of new forms

Revelations of saint time

Cosmosis

Mother dance

For mirabella

Dance of the new born

Ballet of the unseen

Shaved head poem

Invocation Hour

The angle

Based on a translation

Diallo's Testament

The rohingyas

Breathing the light

Invocation for the shrine 4

Lines towards a love poem

Grenfell Tower, June 2017.

Notes:

"First published in the UK in 2021 by Head of Zeus Ltd."

Other Format:

Online version: Okri, Ben. Fire in my head

ISBN:

9781635423082

1635423082

OCLC:

1298936567