{"product_id":"cremation-of-the-scarecrow-9781914287176","title":"Cremation of the Scarecrow","description":"Dzikamayi Chando was born and raised in Gweru, Zimbabwe. Some of his works appear in several online literary publications and Cremation of the Scarecrow is his debut collection.\u003cbr\u003e'Cremation of the Scarecrow is an impressively diverse and generous collection that talks to the truths of blackness, the ghetto experience and plight of poverty, unemployment and drug abuse, dilemma of immigration, identity crisis and discovery of self, depression and death, love and hope, to name but a few. Chando's metaphoric luminosity offers invasively honest perspectives of life as he sees it: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"We are lustful angels only here for a one night \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003estand with death, we catch gold fever \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eand comb the dust for death\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eleaping into gloomy mirrors like ghosts \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003emuddled by their own darkness.\" (Gaslighting the Alchemist)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChando's employment of auditory, tactile and visual imagery is second to none. His voice, often ethereal, carries messages transcending lifetimes and realms to deliver powerful instructive memoranda to the unenlightened juvenile and imprudent, the prejudiced gatekeepers, power-hungry fascist dictators and so forth: \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This poetry is prophecy of my ancestor's bones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efalling from his hands like rinsed meteorites\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003espilling out of the nomenclator's mouth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehis bellow bursting into a trance vibrating \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ein my veins five centuries later... \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis poetry is DNA- a preserved message\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eon the cusp of a falling sky, a failing realm.\" (The Reading)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRefreshingly, it is Chando's custom to pay homage to women, venerating feminine sacredness, shunning societal norms that disadvantage them, illuminating their mental health challenges and empowering them. In his own words to me, \"Women are the grass where two elephants are fighting, victims of their own ignorance in oppressive politics, culture and religion.\" I find it enchanting that in his poems, Chando often personifies his messages of love and hope as women: \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eeveryone's a poet i'm just the selfish one\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewho took everything from mother's womb\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethese words they bleed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eto cleanse the place of their origin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eperiod\" (Womb of the Words)\u003c\/em\u003e Cremation of the Scarecrow is a honeyed acerbic journey of self-discovery, Chando's overriding missive being, to find your life purpose, you must be able to control the fire.' \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15232084\"\u003eDzikamayi Chando\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914287176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914287177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE007000\"\u003eAfrican\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710642032877,"sku":"9781914287176","price":18.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3bab4f50-260a-4bbd-be9a-fbff7b038345.jpg?v=1650146205","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/cremation-of-the-scarecrow-9781914287176","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}