Sunset Silhouettes

By Linda Adede Ongola

The sun will close its books on a day like any other

round up its warmth and retracts the lights to feed another

in degrees it recedes, slipping in, out, and about

the flaming orangey clouds half-dipped in the horizon

a dazzling hopelessness courts the night

The sun will close its books on a day like any other

but can it account for the slumped lone silhouette

faceless beauty that hovers in its foreground

matching its sadness with the splendid sunset

a dazzling hopelessness encamps the soul

the final charm of a dying day.

Sunset Silhouettes is Linda Adede Ongola's debut poetry anthology which features a hundred poems written mostly in free verse and of the confessional genre. It covers themes of mental health, theodicy, love, betrayal, and corruption among other social concerns.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CC3QVJM9
• ISBN13: 9798886938067
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Austin Macauley
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"