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A god in a Human Body

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Pub Date Jan 01 2022 | Archive Date Jul 03 2021


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Tolu’ A. Akinyemi is a philosopher-poet and a deep thinker, and his journey into the realm of the spiritual would leave readers in awe.

A god in a human body is Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s ninth poetry collection.

This collection is a meditation on the fleeting nature of human life. A god in a human body explores themes of spirituality, divinity and the enormous power that we possess while we traverse this earthly passage.

A god in a human body will take you on a rollercoaster of emotions and its pages will leave readers craving for more.

Tolu’ A. Akinyemi is a philosopher-poet and a deep thinker, and his journey into the realm of the spiritual would leave readers in awe.

A god in a human body is Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s ninth poetry...


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ISBN 9781913636135
PRICE $2.99 (USD)

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I love such poetry collections!

It's uplifting.
It's hard-hitting.
It makes a lot of sense.
It teaches me something new.
It makes me feel something new, things that I have taken for granted.

I love how this collection talks about faith, violence and what weuplifting one another, women empowerment and celebrating our lives.

Some expressions didn't click well with me.

Overall, a good refreshing read.

Thank you author and the publisher for the advance reading copy.

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Reviewing poetry collections is often so difficult because poetry is so personal.

To describe what this collection is about would be doing it a disservice but I can describe what it made me feel which was powerful and divine. It explored the nature of mortality and spirituality in a way that I was able to connect with deeply and understand.

Despite this, there were a few poems, mainly covering feminism that I had to read over to understand the full meaning. I also had an issue with the order, I think these two points paired together made the reading experience flow less for me.

My personal favourites were "solemn" and " portrait of a goddess". Each made me feel two completely different feelings but I relate and I think that's what made me enjoy them so much.

Overall, I would recommend this as something short yet meaningful.

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I really liked a lot of the poems in this! “Carnage”, “marry me”, “father of a Queen” and “A portrait of a Goddess” were a personal favourite! I kept rereading them and thinking about them later.

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I do not commonly read poetry, but I really enjoyed this anthology. The writing was very well written and emotive, I highly recommend to anyone who is a lover of poetry , and even people who do not typically pick up poetry like me.

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I really enjoyed this poetry collection! As a poet myself, I definitely understand the poet’s point of view. The imagery in this collection was unreal and I felt as if there was a god inside of my body just reading it. I definitely will continue to read this person’s work!

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A God In A Human Body by @tolutoludo

It’s the ninth poetry collection book from the philosopher-poet. This book explores the spiritual aspects, divinity and the enormous power we posses while we traverse in this earthly passage as mentioned truly. Couldn’t agree more!

I don’t want to write anymore cause I want you all to read it for yourself cause you’ll find peace of mind which I can assure you at least I can tell that for myself.

Some of the poems I already adored and screenshot them so that I can re read again and again whenever I feel low.
Mainly,
* Accidental Feminist
* Whore-Ship
* How would you draw a God’s portrait as a poet?
And many more like these.

Collections are beautiful. Though for me the language it was written a bit tough to understand as I’m not English so sometimes it confused me but I managed to read it at one sitting cause I craved for more.

In this time of pandemic, I’d highly recommend this book.

Thank you @NetGalley @TheRoaringLionNewcastle for the #arc in exchange for an honest review.

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The poems.. Absolutely loved them. "A god in a human body" is an incredible book of poems by @tolutoludo.

Mr. Tolu A. Akinyemi, is an award winning Nigerian poet and philosopher.

Each poem is deep and intense. Accidental Feminist, Father of a Queen and Brown Skin are my favorite.

This amazing book is releasing in January, 2022.

#poetry #amazingpoems #advancereviewercopy #toluakinyemi #agodinahumanbody #bookreview

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Es interesante. La representacion de dioses en cuerpos o mismo el ver a una persona and worship them para luego pasmarlo me resultó bastante intrigante. Lastima que quedó medio corto y las ultimas páginas eran para promocionar otras obras.

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Poems about life and spirituality are my favorite, and "A God in a Human Body" did not disappoint. The only critique I have is that I felt that some of the poems required more shaping and that the collection could have been organized a little better. But, apart from those minor things, I enjoyed the collection as a whole!
Thank you Net Galley for an ARC of this book in return for a fair and honest review.

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