Everybody Don Kolomental
by Tolu' A. Akinyemi
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Pub Date Apr 01 2021 | Archive Date Apr 05 2021
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Description
Hope is Not Far Away…
Everybody Don Kolomental is a collection of poems that deal with everyday universal struggles.
Tolu’ peddles hope to the lost and hopeless and pulls at the emotional strings of the heart in this collection of heartfelt poems. The collection mirrors life through the eyes of a deep-thinker and wordsmith.
Poet Tolu’ A. Akinyemi knows the gravity of mental health struggles and uses his words as a soothing balm to heal readers of this collection.
In the poem titled ‘Hope is not Far Away’, he writes:
“Who will tell Okikiola that hope is not far away?
Its ship docked in the home of Akinyele
before his candle was blown out
and his flailing dreams were a shipwreck.
Who will tell Okikiola this is not the last straw?
These wind gusts would give way for the calming sea.”
Whether you’re in need of calm after the storm, therapy, healing, or to view everyday struggles from the lens of a veteran poet, this collection is for you.
Advance Praise
At its core, the work is simply authentic and resonates both for its content and style. Delivering an almost lyrical sensation with the combination of smaller stanzas, the author's poetry references a multitude of life circumstances, including but not limited to middle school, therapy, and bachelorhood. Filled with poems that unveil a new gem of realization upon each subsequent reading, Akinyemi's poetry is a surefire must-read.
RECOMMENDED by the US Review
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781913636111 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Nektaria B, Reviewer
"Everybody Don Kolomental" is a very interesting poetry collection focusing on themes of mental health issues, desperation, seeking meaning and the social circumstances that can cause people inmense problems and sadness!
I really enjoyed the bitterness the poems about mental health expressed, as well as the feeling of need to get out of this horrible psychological place we sink in!
The reason why I had to take a star out of my rating was a specific poem, "Guilty as Charged" which perhaps had a statement to make but made me feel very uncomfortable since it adressed the delicate subject of r*pe in a convicted-centric and not victim-centric manner. I just felt like it was a very bad example to use to comment on the issue of false and targeted accusations against innocent people for any crime.
Also, in a few poems I felt like the poetry aspect, however modern - I don't mind that, got lost and it was more the author expressing thoughts in beautiful sentences rather than poetry.
