Voice to the Voiceless Fortune Nwaiwu
A Brief Review by ~ Dr . Mark Weinstein , ~ UK .
Voice to the Voiceless speaks to matters of faith and custom and relationships and identity , the narrative form verbalizing indifferences only settled by fate . And although fate seems to have taken the form of a python , what has been squeezed out of this African society along with a man ’ s life is its poison : jealousy , greed , inequality . Addressing such keen experiences with directness is exceptionally successful when it feels both revelatory and conversational , such as in : “ Are we like fish in the hook of fishermen ?” While the metaphorical nature of this image is readily discerned , there are other instances where the same clarity isn ’ t evident ; for example :
Has the gods of fate written the epithelium Of karma on your visage ?
In a stanza almost visceral in its striking depiction of the physical state , simpler language would not only suffice but would in fact energize the wider context .
Along with word choice and syntactical clarity , the work ’ s emotional resonance dominates readers ’ attention and perceptions .
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