A BOOK OF POETRY & MIXED MEDIA IN WHICH MANY MULTI-CULTURAL ELEMENTS , FORMS & TECHNIQUES (MAINLY AMERICAN,AFRICAN & EUROPEAN) HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR & THE ILLUSTRATOR. THE BLACK IMAGES IN THE MIXED MEDIA COLLAGES ARE COMBINED WITH ELEMENTS OF ANTIQUITY , VOODOO, & THE OCCULT TO VISUALIZE THE MULTI-DIMENSIONS OF THE HIGHLY CRAFTED POETIC SYMBOLS . THE WORDS & THE ART COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER ADMIRABLY , THUS HARMONIZING THE FORM
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