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Requite
In her debut poetry collection 'Requite', Malaika Kegode's lens is on people, the ones that speak to us through music and books, those both real and imagined, as she shines a light on loneliness and the sometimes unbearable burden of love and being loved. It is a love letter to the testament of humanity and the patchwork of people that make up our lives. Her gently crafted style is tender, astute and unfalteringly humane as she blends the mundane, everyday rituals of brewing tea and watching TV with the vast subjects of love, loss, growth and rebirth.
- GenresPoetry
60 pages, Paperback
Published June 23, 2017
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March 1, 2026
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection of poems.
Stylistically they are quite interesting, for most can be read almost as free verse poems, but there are rhymes scattered throughout, and if you tune your reading into the rhythm they create, the verses can read as beat poetry or even as rap lyrics, and it generates a highly interesting dynamic that I think works great together with the excellent balance between poetic diction and concrete narrative.
I think it is a point often missed by readers and writers of poetry alike that you cannot – or certainly should not – separate poetry from music. Rhythm is the strongest poetic device, and when you establish rhythm, the words shape the music of their own sound.
After having read a few poetry collections lately displaying a lot of stylistic immaturity, it was nice coming across something far more confident and aware of poetic style.
Definitely a book I can read again – aloud – and a poet whose other published works I will be on the look-out for.
Stylistically they are quite interesting, for most can be read almost as free verse poems, but there are rhymes scattered throughout, and if you tune your reading into the rhythm they create, the verses can read as beat poetry or even as rap lyrics, and it generates a highly interesting dynamic that I think works great together with the excellent balance between poetic diction and concrete narrative.
I think it is a point often missed by readers and writers of poetry alike that you cannot – or certainly should not – separate poetry from music. Rhythm is the strongest poetic device, and when you establish rhythm, the words shape the music of their own sound.
After having read a few poetry collections lately displaying a lot of stylistic immaturity, it was nice coming across something far more confident and aware of poetic style.
Definitely a book I can read again – aloud – and a poet whose other published works I will be on the look-out for.
December 4, 2022
A few lines were quite profound and relatable but for the most part this book was much more personal to the author and not a ‘patchwork of humanity’ as it’s described.
Felt like every poem was a slight variation of ‘oh I live in London with my depressed boyfriend but it’s ok because we drink a lot of alchohol and talk about our youth’
Felt like every poem was a slight variation of ‘oh I live in London with my depressed boyfriend but it’s ok because we drink a lot of alchohol and talk about our youth’
March 6, 2022
i really enjoyed reading it, my favourite poem was origami!
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