Reinfred Dziedzorm Addo's debut full poetry collection, Washed Over expands upon his chapbook, The Dedicadas, and is a journey through a space filled with a breadth of forces and beings active in one's existence. Identity, chaos, autumn colors, exile, people learning from the universe itself...these and other dedicadas make this collection an exploration of the experiences of someone washed over by life's many inspirations.

Editorial Review

"Within 80 pages, Addo shows his readers that the political is personal, and what is personal is poetic." ―Vuma Phiri | Barrett Book Reviews

"If you are in the mood to read some wonderful poems and remarkable stories make sure you take the time to read this body of work, you won’t be disappointed at all." ―Kenitra Mounger | That's So Nitra

"...this collection fills me with hope, inspiring me to revere the world around me and give as much as I take, to challenge destructive systems and practices, and to grow from both shared communal knowledge and what I know to be true for myself." ―T. Walters | Civic Media Center

"If you read poetry and if you don’t read poetry, Washed Over is the poetry you need to read. The hope, the serenity and the strength...are rare feelings I’ve encountered in contemporary poetry." ―Eliza Lita | Coffee Time Reviews

When examining his own poetry Reinfred Dziedzorm Addo often finds he is merely a conduit for the words, the inspiration source itself being a force or another being. In acknowledging a poem’s inspiration source, he calls the resulting work a ‘dedicada’, meaning something written in dedication or in recognition of another.

A debut full poetry collection, Washed Over expands upon Addo’s chapbook The Dedicadas and is a journey through a space filled with a breadth of forces and beings active in one’s existence. Identity, chaos, autumn colors, exile, people learning from the universe itself...these and other dedicadas make this collection an exploration of the experiences of someone washed over by life’s many inspirations.

Reinfred Dziedzorm Addo is a Ghanaian-American writer. He is the author of the poetry collections Washed Over and The Dedicadas (shortlisted for the GAW Literary Awards and finalist in North Street Book Prize). His work, including his health humanities creative writing, has been published in various publications and by various organizations such as Tampered Press and Signs of Life: An Anthology. He currently lives in Gainesville, Florida.