Lemonade Street: Love Is Like Lemonade: Sometimes It's Sweet, Sometimes It's Sour [Paperback]

Bernice Angoh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 2007

Intense, real, obsessive, heart-wrenching and shameless are just a few words to describe Lemonade Street. With no reservations, poems like “For Daddy,” “Would You,” “Fly Away,” “Forgotten,” “Songbird” and countless more will strike a cord with the strings of your heart. Others like “Secret of Life,” “Could It Be,” “Dear Love,” “The Wedding Chant,” “Mother’s Hands” and many more will uplift and inspire you.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: PublishAmerica (October 8, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1424196671
• ISBN-13: 978-1424196678
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,133,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I experienced an unexpected conversion., February 28, 2008

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Dr. Bee (GA, U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lemonade Street: Love Is Like Lemonade: Sometimes It's Sweet, Sometimes It's Sour (Paperback)

I've never liked poems, I mean never. Growing up, I was forced to study poetry but could never like it. A nice, talented guy I used to like wrote me poems and I just couldn't bring myself to like 'em...and I tried. So I "ventured into Lemonade Street" thinking I'd be struggling to understand the poems.

I Simply put, I've not read an anything so richly infused with pure talent and an intelligent organisation of words in the English language since I read the writings of the likes of Chinua Achebe, a world- renowned Nigerian Author.

I never like poems so I had to figure out Why are these poems are so captivating? They follow a perfectly logical pattern of thinking, they're unbelievably imaginative, but most of all, many readers will relate to the poems in this book. They are easily understandable. You can read and understand them even when the poems stanzas follow a rhyming pattern. I must add, I'm not the romantic type, yet I liked a lot of the "love- themed" poems. Just imagine how much you'll love `em if you are a romantic!

I started with a highlighter hoping to spot a few favourites. (Usually when you read a book, even when you buy a music album, the favourites or the roaring "hits" are a few Well, I kept highlighting title after title, that I stunned myself with how many of the poems I thought were outstanding.

Number one on my `favourites list' is "Complete Me". Every adult needs to read this. To see a demonstration of that pure talent of which I speak, read "Can I Touch You?" Also, try reading "Lay Me Down"...sends chills down the back of your neck. It's a mixture of imaginative, a little spooky, but then romantic. I'm not even sure my descriptions do these poems any justice.

I can't wait till Bernice Angoh (the author) gets on Oprah. She (Oprah) shouldn't be cheated of the opportunity to lay her fingers on a different kind of writing, by a budding phenomenon.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A heartfelt collection of poetry, February 26, 2008

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Aaron "Author of LeGarde Mystery Series" (Geneseo, New York, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lemonade Street: Love Is Like Lemonade: Sometimes It's Sweet, Sometimes It's Sour (Paperback)

Bernice Angoh has written a heartfelt collection of poetry, bursting with throw-it-to-the wind passion that displays a soul simultaneously injured and elevated by love. Often written to the men in her life who have hurt her, the pain is as palpable as her zest for life. Her words are easy to swallow and unpretentious. Even within her straightforward approach, there are undertones of profound artistry, such as in this excerpt from "Follow Me."

Follow me
Let me take you to a place where the sky hugs the city lights
and popcorn floats like air in space,
In that place, time never ceases, no one ever sleeps
It rains milk and shines confetti.
Hold my hand
Let me guide you to the house on Cinnamon street

Ms. Angoh follows each piece of poetry with interesting commentary, detailing the origin of each piece or adding insightful philosophies.

It appears Ms. Angoh has suffered deeply - from an absent father to the possible loss of a child. Her ability to love deeply and intensely comes through in this poem, entitled "You Will Miss Me."

You Will Miss Me
Cruel disregard
Of my delicate heart
The smirk in your eyes
The restlessness of that left foot
So distastefully
You called it off
I may as well
Have been a ghost
You brushed past me
Taking it all with you
I'm leaving you a gift
Chosen with love and care;
"Here is my heart, take it with you
I need it not, at heaven's gate"
Someday when it all settles in, when sunken ships have risen to shore and you've
been through hell and back; you will miss me.

The sadness creeps into every poem, and brings to light a life full of losses.

Sundance Queen
I lost myself in the morning sun
Fought and cruised till everything was gone
I craved the sweets, I felt misled
In the barnyard, I worried over nothing
Cried and mourned for there was no blood
But in the dark
I found myself
For I am Sheeba
The Sundance queen

Ms. Angoh's book consists of a collection of over 100 poems and is available through Publish America and at online bookstores everywhere.

5.0 out of 5 stars Food for the Soul, December 16, 2008

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Nahsang Colette "Nahsang" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lemonade Street: Love Is Like Lemonade: Sometimes It's Sweet, Sometimes It's Sour (Paperback)

If you have ever listened to a song, and imagined the perfectly fluid dance moves that go with it but knew you could never get them right if you stood up and tried, this is how I felt reading lemonade street. That someone had felt the joy, the pain, the hurt, the realease, the hope, the myraid of feelings I have felt, with the same intensity that I had felt them, but amazingly was able to capture the beauty of each moment in a wonderful poem.
I don't write poetry, neither am I a very big fan, but Lemonade street captured my soul. I go back to it all the time when I need a pick-me-up, it is that beautiful. The authors simple writing style and easy command of language are a beauty in themselves, and the subjects covered are so varied that there has to be something special in it for everyone.