Letter to Lilly

<p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Call it a life manual for the girl-child and you wouldn't be wrong. But Letter to Lilly goes beyond that. It is a collection of poems that preaches defiance against accepted order. In this collection the poet wastes no time in declaring her intentions. In Burn she charged with a voice full of strength:</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Burn lady. Burn.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Fuel your aspirations</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>and deposit a refining fire in the</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>core of this crude scheme of things.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>For centuries the girl-child has been taught to play second fiddle her roles relegated to home keeping and children grooming. But women like Maya Angelou Michelle Obama Nina Simone Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and a host of others have always rebelled against that wrong order and inspired others to do the same. This is what the poet has done in this collection of fire and brimstone telling every girl that will hold this collection that she is:</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A unique gift from above</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>a force to reckon with</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>and a sight to behold:</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>You are the budding flowers of the hibiscus</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>the pride and hide of your land</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>and the reason your land is seasoned.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Beyond the concerns of the girl-child this collection also delved into subjects like identity race and belief.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>And its interesting thematic concerns aside the poet managed to employ rich flowery language in each poem with an avalanche of poetic elements gracing each line. The poet also has a rich palate for style.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In all this is a collection of poems that every girl-child should own. It is a pamphlet that will embolden every reader to own her space to make her voice heard in society in her workplace... anywhere and everywhere.</span></p>