Many of our moments arrive as gifts wrapped by the creative forces of the world and by the hands of other beings. Reinfred Dziedzorm Addo finds that some of his poetry flourishes in this wrapped-gift realm. He affectionately calls such writings 'dedicadas', things written in dedication or in recognition of another.
Serving as Addo's debut publication, The Dedicadas is a chapbook collection of special poems that are dedicated to the forces and beings that inspired them. The offerings here include a euphoric affirmation of the spirit's (re)awakening, a lonely lament about captivity, a celebratory contemplation on letters and words (with a possibly misleading title), and a selection of other dedicadas with their own moods.
