Thorns in Her Flesh: illustrated poetry by Eshe Benson

Description

Thorns in Her Flesh is a revision of Eshe Benson?s first book, The Sun and Her Rising. The book is an?illustrated collection of poems by a black woman on love that is often like a rose flower; magnificent in its beauty but burdened with pricking thorns. It is also about the realities of family relationships and the socio-cultural, spiritual, economic, and political complexities of life in the African context
In this collection of poetry, Eshe has thrown together poems of different themes; something akin to mixing lemon slices and balls of sugar in water. She hopes that you, her dear reader, would be kind enough to stir and enjoy a tall glass of lemonade!