ECHOES FROM THE HEART: Poems of Survival Healing and Hope

ECHOES FROM THE HEART: Poems of Survival, Healing and Hope is a collection inspired by the

author's reflections on life in the face of adversity. The poet focuses on the vicissitudes of life and the

coping mechanism each individual needs to adopt to survive and move on with life. Opening with a

Foreword on the therapeutic power of poetry, it is composed of three segments: Life in a Time Capsule,

Beneath the Veil and Random Musings, each segment dedicated to a broad philosophy of life. Typical of

the poet, it is a collection of exquisite poetic craftsmanship that draws on rich metaphoric language and

esoteric imagery.

I find this collection fascinating because it reveals so much about the trajectory of Mawuli Adzei's poetic

journey as a shift from the predominantly journalistic and socio-political commentary in Testament of the

Seasons to a personal reflection on the larger question of what it means to be human...what it means to be

vulnerable in this life full of adversities, a kind of existential enquiry that Ewe poets keep returning to and

which grounds the work in the repertoire of Ewe poetic art.



Jerome Masamaka, PhD, Perth, Australia