Safe Metamorphosis (second edition)

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Author: Otis MensahSafe Metamorphosis is the debut poetry collection from Hip-Hop artist and spoken word poet Otis Mensah, Sheffield’s first Poet Laureate.Mensah’s work challenges dominant modes of masculinity, and disrupts the elitism of poetry through its accessible, honest, raw and intimate language and rhythms. Free from the constraints of convention, Mensah writes in his own, unique voice, layered with rhythm and surreal imagery, unified by its fearless commitment to emotional honesty and its openness about the power and cost of creativity.Safe Metamorphosis explores the transformations experienced in everyday life andthe unspoken traumas caused by the uprooting ofself as we are thrusted from one identity-building state to another. For Mensah, poetry and Hip-Hop are a stimulus for philosophical reflection and introspection, and the poems in this collection welcome us into the imaginative and highly observant mind of an artist committed to the healing and unifying power of communication.ISBN 9781913513023. Prototype Publishing. pb. 80 pages.available Show more