ON THE ALTAR OF PAPER: A Review of Peter Okonkwo’s “A Cry for Mercy” by Jide Badmus
POETRY / REVIEWS

ON THE ALTAR OF PAPER: A Review of Peter Okonkwo’s “A Cry for Mercy” by Jide Badmus

A Cry for Mercy is a book of lamentations. A distraught persona navigates mystical terrains with a carnal compass—interrogates pain from a spiritual slant. This 123-paged poetry book is a collection of letters to God. It’s like a diary—frustrated monologues & aching contemplations—mistakenly left in the open. Who writes letters, you wonder, in this age, … Continue reading