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    Washed Over: ...Or, Things Dedicated
    Washed Over: ...Or, Things Dedicated
    Washed Over: ...Or, Things Dedicated
    Ebook78 pages36 minutes

    Washed Over: ...Or, Things Dedicated

    By Reinfred Dziedzorm Addo

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    When examining his own poetry Reinfred Dziedzorm Addo often finds he is merely a conduit for the words, the inspiration source itself being a force or another being. In acknowledging a poem's inspiration source, he calls the resulting work a 'dedicada', meaning something written in dedication or in recognition of another.

    A debut full poetry collection, Washed Over expands upon Addo's chapbook The Dedicadas and is a journey through a space filled with a breadth of forces and beings active in one's existence. Identity, chaos, autumn colors, exile, people learning from the universe itself...these and other dedicadas make this collection an exploration of the experiences of someone washed over by life's many inspirations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMay 26, 2022
    ISBN9781736631034
    Washed Over: ...Or, Things Dedicated

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