A BOOKTIFUL LOVE, Tolu A. Akinyemi
A BOOKTIFUL LOVE, Tolu A. Akinyemi
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A BOOKTIFUL LOVE

Author: Tolu' A. Akinyemi

Narrator: Stephanie Anene

Unabridged: 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Poetry


Synopsis

A Booktiful Love is a collection of poems that deal with the entirety of human experience in its various forms. Didactically rich, the poems explore ideas ranging from love, relationships, and patriotism to marriage, morality, and many other concepts pertinent to daily living.
Given its variety of themes, what unifies the poems in this collection is the simplicity and ambiguousness of language which the poet employs. The poems draw their strength from their clarity and meaning.
These are poems with a purpose. Poet Tolu' A. Akinyemi didn’t shy away from this fact, as he wrote in the poems “Writers” and “Write for Rights.” The poet’s philosophy is evident in this collection. To him, a writer is saddled with the responsibility to use his words to teach, preach, and fight for freedom.He writes:“Let’s change the world, one writer at a time,Write those words till the world gets it right.”
Another special attribute to this collection is the poet’s experimentation with words. This is clear right from the title. The poet identifies himself as a creator of words. The reader is obliged to travel into the mind of the writer in each poem, to understand how his mind works. As readers approach the end of this collection, they not only become engrossed in its didactic richness, but also will appreciate the uniqueness of the poet’s style and the sense of responsibility he carries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natalie all_books_great_and_small on September 07, 2020

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. A booktiful love is an evocative collection of heartfelt poetry that is centred around the world we live in today. I could relate to so many of the poems in this book and loved th......more

Goodreads review by Bertha-bellarmine on June 01, 2020

This was such a beautiful read. I love poem collections and this was so easy and relatable. My favorite 5 are Neophyte, Cultural, Coldroom, Defunct and booktiful love. These resonated with me and they've come to stay! ☺️ The author invented some words, some were corny 😂 but oh well, poetry gives you l......more

Goodreads review by Peter on July 05, 2024

Tolu Akinyemi's A Booktiful Love is a profound collection of poems that speaks volume to me, expounding on different life's crucial issues, ranging from hope to love, heartbrokenness, human annihilation and the quest for rightness. At each level of reading the poems embedded in this collection, I pu......more

Goodreads review by Vasiliki on June 06, 2020

Not having read poetry for a while, I eagerly looked forward to reading this collection, not exactly sure what to expect. I was not disappointed. The poems are contemporary, uplifting, inspiring, clever and creative and poignant. The book is divided into three parts. Part One starts with a witty look......more

Goodreads review by Bouchra on September 16, 2020

A Booktiful love, by Tolu' A Akinyemi, is a collection of poems that talk about various topics of the human experience with life. After that I read it in 24 hours, I advise those who are fan of short readings to give it a try. I thought about writing a review of my own starting from the title which......more