01666nam a22002057a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040001600080041001200096082001400108100001400122245004300136260004400179300002300223520106200246942001801308999001501326952011901341OSt20260327091559.0251128b        |||||||| |||| 00| p eng d  a9781800243002  cGZK Library  aEnglish  aFP2021/03  aOkri, Ben  aA Fire in my Head : Poems for the Dawn  aGreat Britain : bHead of Zeus , c2021  a139p.; c12cmx19cm  aThis book brings together many of Ben Okri's most acclaimed and politically charged poems.

Some of them like "Grenfell Tower, June 2017", are already familiar . Published in the Financial Times  less than ten days after the fire, it was played more than 6 million times on Channel 4's Facebook page, and was retweeted  by thousands on Twitter. 

"Notre-Dame is Telling Us Something" was first read on BBC Radio 4 , in the aftermath  of the cathedral's  near destruction . It spoke eloquently of the despair that was felt around the world.

In "Shaved Head Poem", Ben Okri wrote of the confusion and anxiety felt as the world grappled with a health crisis unprecedented in our times. 

"Breathing the Light" was his response to the events of summer 2020, when a black man died beneath the knee of a white policeman, a trgedy sparkign a movement for change.

These poems, and others including poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa, Barack Obama, Amnesty and more, make this a uniquely powerful collection that blends anger and tenderness with Ben Okri's inimitable vision.  2CustomcFPn0  c1227d1227  00102Custom40708FICaGZKLbGZKLcGENd2025-11-28l0oFP2021/03p2025-1355r2025-11-28 08:19:00w2025-11-28yFP