Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics
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| Author | Ivan Edwards |
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| Subject | Poetry collection |
| Genre | Poetry |
Publication date | May 2025 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Pages | 152 |
| ISBN | 9798998982910 |
Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics is a collection of poems written by the Ugandan-American poet Ivan Edwards.[1] It was first published in July 2025.[2]
The collection is written in free verse, told from a first- and second-person narrative voice.
The poems explore themes such as: “love, culture, resilience, healing and shared human experiences.” Some reflections were inspired by patients in recovery.[1]
Reception
The Daily Monitor critiques the author as taking language from a its “ivied tower” and bringing it down to everyday life.[3]
Muwado dwelt on the jacaranda tree as an all-knowing sage of the human experience.[4]
Fatuma’ Voice compared two poems that depict “love in all its colors: tender, bruised, hopeful, fierce.”[5]
Selected Poems
Even the Jacaranda Know
The Muwado review depicted the jacaranda tree, in symbolism, as an all-knowing sage responding to the various aspects of the human experience. The tree gives answers to every situation, calling for moments of deep self-reflection.[4]
First Love and Mukyala
The reviewer in Fatuma’s Voice expressed the contrast and portrayal of love that the two poems present, “one mourns what was lost” [and] …the other reaches for what could be.”[5]