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CROSSROADS (Winds of love): Poetry and Prose by [Jude Itakali]

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In love, at the crossroads of loneliness, we are often at our most vulnerable; longing and lust entangle, fear breeds deception, and love’s intimacy may pave the way to heartbreak’s horrors.
For alas the wind blows where the wind wants.
And yet it always carries hope

Over 120 poems and prose-stories to blow you on a search for love, discovering ecstasies, suffering pains, and finding understanding.
Enjoy Free verse poems, poetic fiction stories, as well as poetry forms like Sonnets, haiku, ballads, tanka, etheree, and many more.

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162 pages
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English
Publication date

17 May 2021
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307 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B092SS5VTB
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 307 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 162 pages

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Jude Itakali

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In an age not different from yours, Jude Itakali was born, sprawling in the suburbs of Kampala, Uganda.

A dramatic introduction, yes. But that is the beauty of writing as Jude puts it. It does life justice; be it subtle or exaggerating, real or imagined, writing does it best.

Jude is a growing author who published his first poetic works (CROSSROADS Winds of Love) in May 2021, to humble but unanimous acclaim. He has quickly followed this up with his first novel trilogy, the first book (Realms of the Mist) published by TSL publications in Spring 2022, with the 2nd book scheduled for Summer 2023.

When not being an athlete on the rugby field, or crunching down numbers for work, he delicately pens the epiphanies from life, its different relationships, hopes and fears, beauty and ugliness. And still he always has room for plunges into fantasy and magic. Afterall, as Jude likes to say, "reality is all around us, but fantasy is part of us".

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Janani Arvind

Wonderful read

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 17 June 2021

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Jude has published a collection of deeply touching love poems and some amazing short stories in Crossroads. Definitely worth a read.

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Ingrid

Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on 26 May 2021

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Crossroads is a collection of poetry and prose-poems, combining many different poetic forms and traditions. It also contains several short stories in verse form. Jude blends all of these forms with effortless grace to bring together a collection of writing which transports the reader to a poetic landscape in which love conquers all.

Anyone already familiar with Jude’s skill in blending poetic forms with prose and storytelling is sure to love this collection, as is anyone who appreciates sumptuous, sensuous poetry delivered by a unique poetic voice. Highly recommended!

Elizabeth

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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on 28 May 2021

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‘Winds of love’ is the perfect description for this book. Easy reading poems with the power to transport us to the past and to make us to reflect on our actions in relation to love. Yes! I recommend this book if you are looking for moments of joy.

Robbie Cheadle

Beautiful poems that stir your blood

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 19 May 2021

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Crossroads is the inaugural poetry collection of Jude Itakali. The collection comprises mainly of freestyle love poems with a smattering of other poetry styles including etheree and haiku. There are also several poetry prose stories.

The book is divided into three sections, namely, Longing and Searching; Love, Lust, and the Horrors of Heartbreak; and Healing and the poems and prose included in each section express ideas, thoughts and emotions around the central theme. The poems demonstrate passion, anger, loss, pain, and even obsession.

Jude Itakali is a talented poet with a marvellous ability to form words into powerful and emotional poems and stories. His poems differentiate themselves with their undertone of freedom and abandonment; there is a sense of the wild open spaces of Africa and the throb of the drums like a beating heart.

My favourite poem in the collection is Ngoboka (A dance of spirits) and this is a short quote:

“At first they sat and watched

Torches were lit, the clearing immaculate

A night moist with anticipation

And the air pulsating with excitement

DUM!-DUM!-DUM!

A behemoth man struck a mammoth drum”

I really enjoyed the prose stories which had a strong melodic thread running through them a bit like the background music in a movie. It really heightened the tension and Mr Itakali certainly demonstrated his ability to write scary mythological tales.

One of my favourite stories was The Presence about a young man who seeks help form a psychiatrist because he believes he is being haunted. This story has a fearful twist at the end.

Another excellent short is Manga Finds Himself about an ugly and disfigured man who is cast out by his village after being accused of attacking and murdering small children. This story reminded me of some of Aesop’s Fables in its narration and messaging.

If you enjoy beautifully written poems that stir your blood, this book is a must read.

Her embrace is insatiable

A comfort

An assurance

That this is where she craves to be the most

And so you wait all day

Savouring the coming ecstasies of night

But she does not return

And though you linger

The stars dwindle

And the moon pales

‘Nothing to see here’

No love left

Only betrayal

Luscious evening breeze

Twirled portends and promises

What love do I seek?

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