obed ladiny books – The Ultimate Reviewer

One Flesh: Poems is a fun, serious, accessible, and inspirational free-verse poetry book.

Title: One Flesh: Poems

Author: Obed Ladiny

Pages: 72

My Review

One Flesh by Obed Ladiny is a collection of soulful poems. They hammered down strong emotions like love, hate, pain, despair, sorrow, broken dreams, and loneliness through words.

These poems are surprisingly fresh and beautiful. I really loved the section of poems on marriage. Through a series of poems, the author portrayed how two minds grew apart to different worlds despite their physical bonding. The mind exists in countless small rooms and closets unknown to each other within a single small house.

The author has consciously changed the style of verses to create a deep meaning within. This unique style really surprised me. You can create endless dimensions and meaning to a few words by carefully arranging them in a unique fashion. This is being creative inside a creative work.

One of the striking features of these poems is, they are straight from the heart. It bears the scars and colour of pain. The unadulterated voices are filled with underlying meaning and waiting for the reader to explore.

Cracked Flutes: Blues from the Soul – Volume 1 is literary venture through the poetic eye as various aspects of brokenness in our society and in our own lives are explored.

Ladiny’s reflections are about the things that concern everyone in everyday living. He has penned emotionally-charged poems flowing with rhythmic cadence and beautifully expressed verse. These poems help readers think about the really important facets of life.

Thought-provoking and inspiring, this book is sure to find a place in readers’ hearts as they bask in a lyrical observation of life.

Title: Cracked Flutes: Blues from the Soul vol. 1

Author: Obed Ladiny

Pages: 99

My review

Have you ever heard the songs from cracked flutes? How do you feel about them- disturbing, out of tune, desperate? But they are original, right? You may not like them but they do exist in this world.

One big cracked flute exists in our heart. It receives every beat down and thrashing. It hopes to produce melodious songs one day. But all that cracks can push out are unholy sounds. Each one represents the darkness looming around the past. These poems bear those songs.

Truth is not sweet. It is rough and brutal to consume. The pain is excruciating. It will overflow through our veins. These poems give you the same feeling. Oppression, colour, pain, anger, dilemma, greed, dreams, despair, sadness…everything is poured through words. They have a disturbing flavour of rawness. The emotions behind these words will strike straight through your heart.

Living each moment in your personal hell is not a good sight. How to get out from that ditch? Pour your heart out to a paper and fill it with void instead. That is better. These abstract poems are deciphering these emotions. They derive different meaning each time you read them. They safeguard some unexplainable magic under their wings for this.