Once as Lovers: Beautiful Struggle Epiphanies

By Akinfe Fatou

Once As Lovers, is a steering body of collective poems that effortlessly captures the endearment of love and the aggressive spiritual power of sexuality. It is a book for aspiring and engaged lovers of all things.

Chameleon in its intentions, Once As Lovers suggests the most indulgent of experiences. Cover to cover, each poem provokes a gamut of compelling emotions and warms thirsty hearts. The Author illustrates and weaves passionate spells of sensual degradation and the metaphysical evolution of touch.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 4, 2008
• ISBN: 9780595917334

Akinfe Fatou

Akinfe Fatou is a Poet, Activist, Collaborative Artist and Author of Once As Lovers. A literary virtuoso and soothsayer, her work has been recognized nationally as well as anthologized. Akinfe performs regularly and lives in New York. For more information on the Author, please visit www.akinfefatou.com.

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Contents

Wa Wa

07.03.06 the evening of Sunday

And Storms May Come..

The Unholy … Sacrificial Lamb

Those Nuances

Shrug

Akinku

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Internal Echoes

Return to Embryonic Joyism

Love is not an Errand

Fleshless Medleys

It Is But It Aint

Drench

Seldom Some Things

Megalopolis Creases

You shouldn’t Say