{"product_id":"obalay-9781953447487","title":"Obalúayé","description":"\u003cp\u003eObaluaye is a poetry collection for the things that plague us. Obaluaye is a Yoruba god of infirmities and healing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this book talk of cradles and graves and every experience in-between, employing the duality attribute of the Orisha of epidemics. Each poem is an experience of health and death wrapped in a pod, of strength and flaws and a thirst for things that elude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection explores the human cycle-the routine of life and death (and a possibility of restoration, rebirth). It seeks to understand the things that haunt us-our fears, our nightmares, quest for freedom, the weight of responsibilities, the paradox of hope, devotion and betrayals, failed states and the covid-19 pandemic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObaluaye is a realization that \"life is a cocktail of sweet, sour and insipid\" and we are born to run this cycle, reaching for light, reaching for freedom...that ultimately leads to the grave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flowersong Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953447487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Jide Badmus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325074772149,"sku":"9781953447487","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1abecaa4-ef5e-4692-9e02-5071f8945c9d.jpg?v=1660015508","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/obalay-9781953447487","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}