Description

Following on from the lamentation of our captured narrator in A Cry for Mercy and his after-woe experience in How the Demons Leave, I SAW THE LIGHT detailed the story of his liberation from the lamentation in the first series and the enlightenment derived from the demons departing in the second series.

Written in two distinct parts, with the first part primarily following the second series journey and the second part loosely connected with other spiritual and liberation poetry. It tells the story of captivity, unbeknownst bondage, slavery, spiritual enlightenment, liberation, and deliverance. You will find answers to the many incomprehensible things that tie a man down.

About the author

Peter Okonkwo is a Nigerian writer, fatalist, poet, publisher, editor, farmer, literary critic, spiritual philosopher, violinist, soon–to–be–novelist of Etean’s Destiny, certified orator and show presenter at PEL.

He is the author of six poetry collections: Ecstasy of the Dead; Fate, In the Dungeon of Doom; Whose Fault, Kismet or Impediment? and Escape from the Unseen Dungeons book series, (A Cry for Mercy, How the Demons Leave, and I Saw the Light). Peter is gifted with the aptitude to explore and demystify certain difficult life issues through his thought–provoking, raw–arresting transcendent poetry.

His works have been reviewed to critical acclaim (locally and internationally) and featured in notable literary magazines, newspapers, and TV stations including the Australian Plumwood Mountain Journal, The Lagos Review, Bella Naija, Writers Space Africa, Afreecan Reads, Ngiga Review, The Nigeria Review, Hope Newspaper, among many others. His books has been exhibited at book fairs including the Africa’s second largest international book fair, NIBF, and at the Danfo Movement Art Hub.

He is the organizer of the Akure Book Club, a growing community with aim of promoting literature locally and internationally. Peter is the founder of P. English Literature (PEL) where he reviews books and conducts interviews with authors around the world. Since it inception in 2020, his show has featured over 600 literature works from authors across the globe.

Reviews

Regan W. H. Macaulay
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Positivity reigns and the struggles of the past are over
Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2024
The first two books in Peter Okonkwo’s series, “A Cry for Mercy” and “How the Demons Leave” spun tales of darkness and spiritual imprisonment. “I Saw the Light” allows the light back in, and there is new life. The narrator’s escape begins with restoration: of goodness, fortune, peace, health, destiny, and more. He is no longer a slave to “demonic dreams” filled with want denied. Chains have been broken and never again will he allow himself to be a victim. God has set him free. Spells and divination will no longer bind him. Part One explores a word that conquers evil. It heals the soul and cancels those words that others and sometimes we say to ourselves that bring us down and suppress us. The author goes into what spiritual captivity is. What freedom is. Part Two is “other poems”, including pondering what the world would be if we could live without sin, a conversational letter to the dead, thoughts on heaven, a song of the freed, messages on Jesus, the end of it all, and many more thoughtful ponderings. One of my favourites is “Make Me A Poet”—as a fellow creative, this is something that really resonates. At last, positivity reigns and the struggles of the past are over. “I Saw the Light” brings this trilogy to an uplifting conclusion.