World of Stars
By Seyoum Nigussie
GENRE: Poetry
BLURB:
World of Stars is a collection of poetry that portrays the beauties of nature and human experiences in the world. The poems enumerate various places, events, personas, notions and conditions that deserve poetic attention. A portion of the poems are made for tributes and gratitude to great personas who make this world as adorable as it is.
The poems are on varied topics and distinct from each other. Abstract and subjective ideas are woven into the poems to highlight the degree of transcendence. All the poems are metrical composition. By illustrating the good side of the world and nature within it, the poems aim to elevate people to a good way of looking at life as beautiful and meaningful.
Excerpt:
Shadows of Life
When feeling is pain and minds stray off
There will be occasions for shadows of life.
Bracing for better or on marching to strife
No one could be immune to shadows of life.
Some days hot, mild or other days cold
All happens frequency in this same world.
Make sure things better and feel right
Natural dose is warm and given delight.
On some of the days when you feel blue
Try not to blame but figure out the clue.
Even if the sky appears to be soon falling
Never to worry at it and get up and going.
Some people are marred by moan and whine
But the brave and lucky ones get their win.
Life at times could even be totally unfair
But it pays off to stay still in moral affair.
Optimism is natural and a tool to survive
Love of life energy to immerse on strive.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
The world and life in general was promising to me until I was 17 years in my native country of Ethiopia. While a high school student in 1974, the world around me came crashing down when communist military Junta took state power and soon started a killing spree, at times committing mass murder. This was very traumatizing and the start of Stalinist ‘Red Terror’ on the ground. It was bad enough to hate being in life. From this, I quickly learnt life in the world is about taking on adventures.
With six of my school friends and one of our teachers, we formed an alliance to take action against the Junta. With 2 years of preparation we had managed to inform the public and get the local police headquarters on our side. Then, in April 1976 we staged a rebellion without violence in Nekempte, provincial capital of Welega. The revolt was short-lived, nothing lost with little gain. Amidst media control of the Junta, the news of rebellion was heard across the country. After that, my friends and I vowed to individually take on challenges for democracy as a life-long mission. We split apart and I went underground. When the security situation became harsh, I left the country for Sudan.
Despite traumatizing news and the realities around me with the ‘Periods of Gloom and Doom’, I took refuge in reading classical poetry which became my long time passion.
After a long journey through ups and downs, I suffered a car accident in Sudan, and left Africa all together - migrating to Canada in 1990. Through my journey in life, I looked around for a drug of relief from grief and nostalgia. Poetry reading had become my choice for entertainment and to delete bad memories and traumas. Soon after I realized that positive poetry is as good as drugs, music and paintings are, I decided to write one and here I begin with World of Stars.
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3 comments:
I like the excerpt.
I really like the cover and the excerpt.
sounds like a fun one
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