Branches of the Tree of Life: The Collected Poems of Abiodun Oyewole, 1969-2013 - Softcover

Oyewole, Abiodun; Dopson, Betty J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1940939038 ISBN 13: 9781940939032

Verlag: 2Leaf Press, 2014

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BRANCHES OF THE TREE OF LIFE is the first comprehensive volume of poems by Abiodun Oyewole, many of them never before published. Oyewole's poems are powerful, often political, always lyrical and profoundly moving. Over the course of his forty-year career and his long affiliation with The Last Poets, Oyewole is one of several poets credited for liberating American poetry by creating open, vocal, spontaneous, energetic and uncensored vernacular verse that paved the way for spoken word and Hip Hop. Using the spiritual, the sacred and the mystical, Oyewole often turns to the tree as a symbol of change and growth. His poetry re-branches into different directions, becoming grandeur in its proportions, and more complexly diversified in its structure. BRANCHES OF THE TREE OF LIFE is a living testament to a stunning career that confirms Abiodun Oyewole's place at the forefront of poetic achievement.

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Abiodun Oyewole is a well-known poet, educator, and one of the founding members of the influential spoken-word group The Last Poets, which was formed in 1968. The group released their iconic self-titled album in 1970, significantly contributing to the emergence of hip hop. After rejoining The Last Poets in the 1990s, Oyewole produced more albums and gained international recognition through his performances around the globe. He began publishing his poetry with 2Leaf Press, starting with "Branches of The Tree of Life: The Collected Poems of Abiodun Oyewole 1969-2013" (2014) and "The Beauty of Being" (2018). He also edited "Black Lives Have Always Mattered" (2017) and wrote "NAKED, A New Poetry Collection" (2020). Oyewole earned a BS in biology and a BA in communications from Shaw University, an MA in education from Columbia University, and was a Columbia Charles H. Revson Fellow in 1989. He continues to perform poetry, lead workshops, and give lectures on various subjects, while also hosting a weekly salon for artists in New York.

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• Verlag: 2Leaf Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1940939038
• ISBN 13: 9781940939032
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 274
• Herausgeber: David Gabrielle
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