Reviews
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Transformational Images; A Review
by Tiziana Rinaldi-Castro Transformational Images is a wonderful work of poetry. It leads the reader deep into the realm of both the spiritual and the philosophical, as it dwells on questions regarding the soul and the psyche, a path familiar to poetry, but not necessarily in the original form in which Dr. Onisegun has shaped her verses. The latter are at times recitative, as in the series of poems dedicated to her immediate family: her father, her mother, and the magnificent “Ode to an Exquisite Daughter”; at times vernacular, as in the series of poems dedicated to her native West Indies and to her ancestors; both political and deeply sentimental, as the wonderful “Caribe Family”; and at times conceptual, as in the majority of the remaining ones, some of which particularly touching, for example “Fate and Our Best Hand”. All of the poems in Transformational Images are profound, unapologetic, and in their content informed of a vibrant, distinct, lyrical voice, suggestive of the layered process of observation, of reflection upon, and elaboration through time of the images and the symbols that represent and shape the human experience, within the framework of the psychological, the spiritual, the ethical, the religious, and, ultimately, the cultural, for a wholesome transformation of the soul, as indicated in the title of the book. In a word, authentic. I highly recommend this book to everyone. I am sure the young shall receive strength and guidance from Dr. Onisegun’s life experience and words of wisdom from a maestra in the arts and science of the discipline of psychology. And those of us who have crossed the threshold of adulthood, whether recently or for a long time already, will resonate with the clarity of this poet’s judgement, her sagacity, the richness of her cultural, spiritual, and political experience, and her graciousness in sharing it with us, so generously, in her writing. Tiziana Rinaldi Castro is a published novelist, poet, editorialist, and journalist. She is the author of two novels in Italy, Due Cose Amare e una dolce, Edizioni EO, 2007 and Il Lungo Ritorno, Edizioni EO, 2001; a book of poetry, Edizioni Ripostes, Dai Morti, 1992; and numerous short stories collections. In America she has published in the literary collection: Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women's Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora, Mississippi University Press, 2014. She is a regular correspondent for Italian literary and political magazines. Prof. Rinaldi teaches Ancient Greek Literature at Montclair State University in New Jersey |
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Transformational Images; A Review
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Jean Embry
"Transformational Images" is a Wonderful Read!
Stop, and then begin to read it again.
Each visit gives you more to think about.
At times “Running in Place” and “To Forgive is Divine”
are the most captivating,
but this changes as you reread these enchanting pages.
This 'Butterfly’ is like the Morning Star, filled with spiritual
beauty, wisdom and love. Beautiful!
Lovely, Dr. Onisegun.
Thanks be to God.
Jean L. Embry, is a Published writer of poetry and short stories. She is the Author of the first and second “Pieces of the Puzzle” and "The Seven Brothers from Siesta LaPrie.” She teaches Psychology as an Adjunct professor at Paine College in Augusta and is known as a Master Storyteller.
by
Jean Embry
"Transformational Images" is a Wonderful Read!
Stop, and then begin to read it again.
Each visit gives you more to think about.
At times “Running in Place” and “To Forgive is Divine”
are the most captivating,
but this changes as you reread these enchanting pages.
This 'Butterfly’ is like the Morning Star, filled with spiritual
beauty, wisdom and love. Beautiful!
Lovely, Dr. Onisegun.
Thanks be to God.
Jean L. Embry, is a Published writer of poetry and short stories. She is the Author of the first and second “Pieces of the Puzzle” and "The Seven Brothers from Siesta LaPrie.” She teaches Psychology as an Adjunct professor at Paine College in Augusta and is known as a Master Storyteller.
A Review of Adeleri Onisegun’s Transformational Images
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Marva Stewart
Adeleri Onisegun’s Transformational Images takes readers on a mesmerizing and introspective journey rendering the reader as the butterfly transfixed, transformed and renewed by the power of the energy of the work. This riveting work that includes such forceful pieces as “Power,” “Try,” “Daddy,” and “Life Support,”; a piece devoted to discouraging suicide, leads the reader to a kaleidoscope of memories, reflections and emotions while moving them to hope, victory and renewal. After experiencing Onisegun’s magnificent work, Transformational Images, readers will come to view life as she claims “a completion of the experiences of different roles, at different times, at different spaces, and at different paces.”
Marva Stewart is an Assistant Professor of English and Coordinator of English and Foreign Languages at Paine College in Augusta, GA. She is a columnist for the African American Newspaper The Metro Courier, and writes the column “Think About It.” Professor Stewart has authored numerous scholarly presentations including: “The Black Male: Still Victimized and Still Disenfranchised”; “Can’t We All Just Get Along”; “Transcending Race, Culture, and Gender in Bebe Moore Campbell’s Brothers and Sisters: Implications for a Globalized Society”; and “The Global Laboratory: Innovative Learning/Teaching Concepts for HBCU’s.”
