Windows To The Soul

A Poet Is A Poet And His Value Is Realized By The Aesthetics And Free Run Of The Lines That Form The Corpus Of His Poetry. Rhythm Rhyme And Images Beautify A Poem But The Muse On Which A Poet Builds Poem Is The Keynote Of Poetic Appreciation. Such Muse Is Important Because It Has Something To Do With Reality. Ime Ibanga As A Poet Has Made Acrobatical Exploits Into The Realms Of Diverse Topics Of Experience In His Collection Of Poems Entitled Windows To The Soul. Windows To The Soul As It Is Is A Random Imaginative Passage Into Various Categories That Life Represents. Sometimes These Categories Are Pleasant At Other Times; They Are The Wreckages Of Misfortunes. But Misfortunes In Themselves No Matter What Degree Are Not Terminal Points In Life. As Some Poems In The Title Show Especially Those Whose Muses Are Highly Religious There Is Total Assurance From Misery Dependent On Inward Faith In The Supremacy Of A Supernatural Being. For Instance Stanza Two Of Divine Love States: So The Great God For Our Good Shares Our Troubles Bares Our Pains Lest In Our Struggles We Lose Our Ventures. However Not That The Entire Muse Of Ime'S Poems Is Pastoral For He Wrote Most Of His Poems Well Long Before He Had His Calling Into The Ministry. In Fact The Cardinal Signpost Of Ime'S Thought Is The Radical Graduation From One Subject Landmark To Another. Significantly When He Is Not Entirely Prophetic He Is Mystical Philosophical And Romantic. A Glimpse On These Lines Would Bear Me Out: To The Clouds My Love Above The Mountains Where Angels In Biblical Myths In Conquest Rode Upon Chariots. The Above Is A Celebration Of Unfettered Romantic Feelings. There Are Other Poems In The Collection That Are Equally Inspiring And Evocative. For Instance Poems Like Wisdom Of Sand Time Pictures Of The Mind Victory Etc. Are All Poems That Can Stand Comparative Tests With The Soyinka'S And The Osundare'S Although