Written by Dzikamayi Chando, ‘Cremation of the Scarecrow’ is the kind of poetry that gets to the heart of the human experience, navigating diverse themes with a bittersweet authenticity usually reserved for more seasoned writers. While Chando has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines, this is the first time his poetry is available as a fully formed collection, examining the reality of Black lives and all the complexities contained therein.