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Louie Levy- 2006 age 80
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Louie
Levy As a Poet
Louie Levy is
preeminently a poet of peace. We find in his poems the
beauty of vital and natural affirmations of human nature.
Much of Levy’s greatness rests on the verbal beauties
and immortal lines ‘ Should all of human dogmatic brain,
mind their \ own faith and not of another, most wars will
stop and \ not start’ ("Ponder For Peace", Taj
Mahal Review, June 2006), ‘reach out with arms
outstretched with Love’ ("Human Frailty: UN
Reposed"). All his poems are singularly powerful in
describing how a person grows or decays; how the blemish
of war and naked violence ruins our planet:
inhuman war
sacrifices
decent souls for
unresolved
political and
religious controversies
("To Whom War, It May Concern", Taj
Mahal Review, Dec 2005,
p. 440)
Levy says with
distinctive control and poise that only by Love and Peace,
and ‘Spiritual Revival’ we can hope to survive. The
poet’s energy, passion and power is revealed in the
following lines which place him on a par with the best in
poetry:
Heart ‘Beat’
we must;
for everlasting
Peace
All of Humanity
befitting of Love
We inevitably,
Will survive
p. 441
Horace (65
B.C.-8B.C.) aptly commented: "Let your theme be what
it may, provided it be simple and uniform; choose a theme
suited to your powers, ye authors." Beyond all doubt
Levy’s theme sprouts out of his deep instinctive wisdom,
which inspires him to say that we should be aware :
Prophet,
profiteer, and activist
All are one and
the same
("Prophets And Predictions", Taj
Mahal Review, June 2006, p. 21)
Poetry comes
naturally and spontaneously to Louie Levy:
Awaken, plan
this day,
like no other,
waste not…
Contribute for
Peace
Earths pleas
go forsaken…
(p. 23)
It is in the poetry
of Levy that we notice the skill to lead us towards a new
world of Truth and Beauty. Louie Levy has recovered in
poetry the almost forgotten splendour of Love and Peace:
Help rescue our
planet
Of wars
profanity, hate,
And inhuman
insanity
("Time, To Time", Harvests
of New Millennium, 2005,
p. 123)
Louie Levy elects to
deal with ideas of Peace and Beauty in his poems that are
abundantly enchantingly convincing. He doest not adopt a
creed, but the essence of his poetry is kindled by eternal
values.
Where happiness steers at its loving helm
In search of many troubled, drifting spirits
All lost within saddened storms, in hopes
of their lonesome rescue
Having since discovered to have been
residing within another’s heart, to share
therein, some heavenly, loving splendour.
("Friendship,
Sails on Peaceful Seas", Taj
Mahal Review, June 2007, p. 452)
His style is highly
rich with overtones of emotion, and secret correspondence
of thoughts. This makes his poetry very spontaneous and a
living fountain of vitality. Levy’s deepest insights
reveal his gentleness and pity for the modern chaos and
the sordid reality of the contemporary age. Levy is very
right in saying that we should "Urgently preserve and
protect our children’s legacy for survival." The
poet concludes on a note of warning:
Earth awaits us no longer for the
selfishness of all who disgrace and
pollute of its intolerable, Omnipotent given Immortality
("The
Seeding of Love and Peace", Taj
Mahal Review, Dec. 2007, p. 452)
If we approach Louie
Levy’s poetry with care, we shall often find that the
best lines are those in which the feeling or vision aims
at altering the present anarchy:
War Is Hell
War Is Profane
War Must Stop
!!!
Blasphemous hate
will be
of our own evil
cast doom.
("Time, To
Time", Harvests
of New Millennium Journal,
2008, p. 223)
Louie Levy:
"All my life
... I’ve wanted to write something special, then, when
hurting real bad, tears sneaked from my crying heart, and
went filling an empty pen with a helping hand My Brooklyn,
NY upbringing eventually had me less tolerant of the cold
damp weather. Eventually migrating with my family to So,
Ca. in 1975. Currently, I’m still enjoying my sunny home
living as a single semi-retired, now independent western
dude. Hey! Where have all the cowboys and horses gone? I’ve
been writing poetry for seventeen years, since having
the insight to discover that...
‘Best
friends we can be ‘me and me’,
loneliness
was not finding ‘me’,
Focusing on the
wonders of photography is another of my special
interests. I’m currently out-reaching for an
ageless, kinship camaraderie of poetry/photography
oriented individuals to join with in traveling to some
proverbial corners of what’s left safe on this Earth.
Newly discovered experiences that will further fill these
pages with adventure, passion and literary treasures.
Please E-mail me having similar interests. My
personally favored publisher; writings contained in
Cyberwit.net, Explorers, Insights, Taj Mahal Review,
Dec.04, June’05, forthcoming, Dec.’05...., Harvests
of New Millennium, Art and Poetry. Many years on
various forums, e-zines and BBs, Guest spoken for Peace,
Love and its creative writing at Simi Valley, Ca Cultural
Art Ctr, soon planed at Moorpark Community College, Simi
Valley, Ca." E-mail: louielevy@aol.com Web: http://www.cornerpoetry.com/poetry/levy_l/levy.html
-SANTOSH
KUMAR
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Rapture: endings of space and time by Adam Donaldson Powell, Cyberwit.net, India, 2007, pp. 86 $ 15 Paperback, ISBN: 978-81-8253-082-9
The publication of Adam Donaldson Powell’s Rapture: endings of space and time is remarkable for revealing his varied talents- poems, photography and literary criticism. Powell’s celestial inspiration concentrates itself on transmuting “physicality / into crystalline light” (“Ascension”), his passionate quest for “Great Compassion” will be accomplished only when the whole world experiences “vibration” and listens to the words of the poet. Powell is quite aware of the bitter reality of the contemporary world:
I have sadly learned to expect
the relentless ravages of
war and emotional famine
brought on by the
rider on the red horse,
and the pestilence in the
saddlebags of the black steed.
“The Fourth Horseman”, p 18
The globalisation of
indiscriminate violence
is multiplied to
the power of the sixes,
and the Antichrist
smiles broadly at
the cancerous spreading
of fear and perdition –
rationalized by armies of
self-proclaimed truth.
“The Tribulation”, p 19
The modern turbulence and murderous frenzy will surely result in wild agony, if
“messengers / of love and compassion / no longer dare to / speak out”.
In his poems about Nepal, Powell’s mystical energies or wavebands are inspired by the Buddhist Mantra: “OM VAJRAPAANI HUUM .. OM VAJRAPAANI HUUM ..”. Powell actualizes the transformed soul of goodness faithfully…
And finally we give birth to the God within ..
without reservation; and in generous libation.
“At the Buddhist Temple”, p 31
Powell knows very well like Blake that “the ruins of time build mansions in eternity.”
His search of utopia takes him to Nepal for mystical exercises of oriental sects.
Such poems transport us as well as the poet to a dreamworld of “vision and hallucination”.
They exercise a secret magnetism on our innermost soul extracting from Buddhism its most harmonious and subtle Mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum”. “Buddha Trance” is a vivid comment on the Life in Nepal where the poet finds “The exoticism of spirituality /Blended with indigenous capitalism”.
Powell’s Rapture: endings of space and time also includes most lively, vivid photographs from Nepal, and critical essays on the poetry of Jan Oskar Hansen, Albert Russo and Fernando Rodriguez. Rapture: endings of space and time makes it apparent that Powell has been and is a major writer of this age.
--Santosh
Kumar
Collected
Poems and Stories
by Adam Donaldson Powell, Cyberwit.net, India,
2005 pp. 175, $15, 81-8253-028-8
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Adam
Donaldson Powell’s Collected Poems and
Stories contains a number of outstanding poems
having "exquisite variety and varied
exquisiteness". In this collection, Powell
reveals an incomparable craftsmanship proved by
his classifying the poems into four different
cycles: Poetry Cycle 1 where the poet discovers
the Magical Tarot through verse, Poetry Cycle 2 is
an admirable and genuine effort of composing short
stories through verse, Poetry Cycle 3 is
emphatically about the Cretan myths, and in the
final Cycle 4 though subtitled "Notes of a
Madman", we find no trace of any kind of
sensationalism.
Powell’s
poem "Adjustment" is very thoughtful and
penetrative. The poet is well aware of "The
impartial Lords of Karma", and the path of
virtue is not a bed of roses:
Over
the heads of the righteous
Hovers
the pendulous blade of
The
Daughter of the Flaming Sword p. 17
"The
Hanged Man" is characterized by a spiritual
quest:
But
he who sublimates
Himself
to the Divine Plan
Recycles
the elements to the
Accompaniment
of Spirit. p. 21
This
yearning leads the poet to invoke "Energy of
the Divine", and the source of this energy is
present only in "the gaseous, primal roots of
\ The flaming triangle" ("Suit of
Wands"). Powell calls "the wise
journeyman" "to heed celestial
warnings" ("Suit of Disks"). The
poet is in quest of "divine light beamed from
\ The eternal flames of the sun" ("The
Sun"), "spiritual rebirth",
"the eternal vibrations of the Source"
("The Aeon"). He is aspiring
"toward that which \ Must be accepted on
faith alone" ("Notes of a Madman").
The most notable element in Powell’s poetry is
his passion and hunger for eternity.
Even
in those poems where he is reconstructing the
Cretan myths, we find "the yearning of \ The
soul for individual expression"
("Prologue1"). The poet emphasizes that
"Treasures of Self-discovery" will be
revealed only to the "passionate" souls.
Powell’s "pursuit of divine
retribution" is based on "faith
alone" ("Notes of a Madman" ). The
"glimpse of the Unknown" is made
possible only by "discovery of self"
("Mirror of Darkness"). There is in
Powell the keenest sense of uniting "the
Serpent" "with the Regenerative
Spirit" ("The Eye of the
Triangle"). Powell’s poetry has a marvelous
quality of submitting itself persistently and
unflinchingly to the "Valley of Soul
making".
Powell’s Collected Poems and Stories also includes
two wonderful stories of horror-"Useless
Occupation" and "What Jonny dug
up". The book is dedicated to the memory of
Tor Vågli (1949-2004) and the countless Asian
tsunami victims of 2004.
--Santosh
Kumar
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Collected
Poems and Stories
by Adam Donaldson Powell, Cyberwit.net, India,
2005 pp. 175, $15, 81-8253-028-8 For his Poetry Reading in Argentina (In
Spanish by the author himself and translations
mostly by Maria Cristina Azcona )
Only
$15
Powell is a multifaceted creator
whose poems are enriched not only by his
capability in Literary meanings, but also by his
deep sensibility towards human problems, nowadays
society illness, joined to his bright talent for visual arts. He has the
privileged neuron that allows him to play with his
own sense of aesthetics, as it was a children
game. While reading his amusing poetry, we find
ourselves observing reality from his point of
view.
These poems, from his book
“Collected Poems and Stories”, which he is
presenting to Argentine public for first time, may
be separated in two kinds or groups, to be
analyzed and commented.
The First group is conformed by poems
that are similar to a modern, abstract painting,
Like he does in “Green” where a
mystery hides under multiple images, colors and
concepts. This mystery is revealed at the final
verse.
The second group, which
includes among others, The Devil, Before the death
of my love, Imagine and The Prudent Cognoscente,
presents us, at first sight, techniques coming
from Short Story like the abrupt and unexpected
ending full of an omnipresent irony.
In the second reading, both
groups present always a philosophical content and
customary social criticism which depth leads us to
Philosophical thoughts about the meaning of
existence
Powell’s work contains ironic
humor, sharp criticism, the clear idea and the
divertimento of a short story at the same time.
The
poem manages, in its mischief, to capture
grotesque of this Era, giving to our poetic palate
a delicacy more than a simple esthetic pleasure.
The
truth in an envelop of surprising originality:
art, beauty that is not other thing that authentic
poetry.
It
remains me of Ezra Pound’s realistic style and,
in Spain, Francisco de Quevedo´s conceptual
poetry.
The most beautiful piece, to my
understanding, is “The Devil” in which the
poet speaks to us, readers, he orders us, he calls
our attention, he prevents us of that devil that
exists, that is so dangerous sand terrifying. The poet frightens us with the Devil
playing “ To hide and to find” games,
petrifying us with its threatening and unknown
presence. Creates the climate of fear of a terror
story.
In a magisterial synthesis, gives an
impressive end when he finally finds that devil in
ourselves, shocking us and forcing us to recognize
the wickedness that lives and hides in our human
heart.
Here the poet creates a personage,
the Devil, that no longer is the famous one but is
a real, present phantom, humanized, possible and
burning, like the fire of malice in daily life.
Originality is a constant in
Powell’s poems, a surprising and multifaceted
artist who amazes us with his music, his
paintings, his poems, his humor and always with
his genius .He communicates himself in so many
ways and he revives in thousands of kaleidoscopic
images, that finally he gives himself the final
luxury to create a perfect and synthetic pearl of
terror, humor, beauty, social critics,
universality and creativity in pure state as he
does magisterially in the DEVIL.
--Maria
Cristina Azcona
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The
Golden Wings, An Anthology of WORLD POETRY, pp.320,
Price: $25 ISBN 81-901366-1-5 Published by Cyberwit.net
(2002)
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In
an age where Technology universally reigns supreme
and former traditions, cultures and, indeed, religions
are sadly in decline, our world has become, in
effect, little more than a global village. And
yet it is a community divided against itself;
for warfare, pestilence, famine, terrorist aggression
and acute social breakdown have been seen to escalate
during recent years, resulting in acute hardship
and utter poverty for growing numbers of people
while, at the same time, certain privileged individuals
and financially motivated syndicates have wilfully
and systematically been amassing obscene mountains
of wasteful surplus wealth. The world is in one
hell of a mess, it would seem, so what on earth
are we to do about it?
The answer to this overwhelming problem is surely
to be found within the heart of Man, for it is
equally true that a loving family is intended
to be the very microcosm of the human race as
a whole. Poets the world over, despite their differences
of ethnic background, religion, culture and historical
tradition, are ever ready to bridge those massive
chasms that might otherwise have continued to
divide the nations; and, as the efforts of thousands
of hitherto relatively unknown writers (worldwide)
have already shown, Poetry can and will provide
this timely and most important link. If this world
of ours is still to be 'our oyster', then, surely,
Poetry is our pearl - A priceless one, at that.
'THE GOLDEN WINGS' ANTHOLOGY, published last year
by CYBERWIT.NET, is not just another collection
of poems by a haphazardly assembled conglomerate
of international poets. On the contrary, it can
clearly be seen to be a well-planned publication,
meticulously arranged and edited by a small team
of dedicated litterateurs, who have unequivocally
extended the hand of friendship, in the true spirit
of Peace, across the continents of our beleaguered
planet. Dr. Santosh Kumar, Editor-in-Chief, has
provided a superb Preface (7 pages in length)
which not only gives a scholarly synopsis of the
range of poetry styles and content to be observed
within this anthology, but also makes extensive
cogent reference to many of the featured poets,
respectively. Many of the contributing writers
live in America, and it matters but little that
the majority of the included poets may be relatively
unknown to us, for this is indeed a splendid shared
celebration in verse.
There are, in all, 215 poets whose work provides
a veritable kaleidoscope of tone, colour and breathtaking
imagery. Far good measure, this fine composite
work is brought to a sparkling close with an assiduously
compiled 22 page section providing biographical
notes on each of the included writers, thus pinpointing
yet another important consideration:
" In the world of Poetry there can be no room
for elitism or hierarchical pecking order, of
any kind. Poetry is a voice that must be heeded.
And this lovely anthology brings to us all a common
share of family in the true spirit of international
Peace."
--Bernard
M.Jackson
Hon. Sec. Cinque Ports Poets - ENGLAND |
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Branch
Redd Review issue 6, Edited & published by Bill
Sherman, Branch Redd Books, USA, 2002, pp 80,
£5/$10. ISBN 0-9615784-8-3
BRR
edited & published by Bill Sherman is one of the
most admirable literary Journals. It is marked
by genuine autobiographical touches. Sherman has
brought to his Journal a wide experience of literature,
sincere sympathies, and a rich sense of humour.
Sherman is unhappy due to lack of public interest
in the English translations of the poetry of Dagny
Juel, along with " the deep feminist introduction"
by the translator, Norwegian poet Hanne Bramness.
As I came to know that the issue Number 6 would
be the last one, I wrote to Sherman that such
highly accomplished quality Journals deserved
more publications. The Journal is highly informative.
For example, we are told about Pound's insistence
that the "hyacinth girl" in Eliot's The Waste
Land was not Marianne Moore. Besides, BRR has
the last four letters Asa Benveniste wrote to
Sherman. AB died in 1990; Tom Raworth's obituary
appeared in Critical Quarterly (Volume 32 Number
5). The four letters alone are worth the price
of the Journal. What is good about the letters
is the enormous vitality of relations between
Sherman and Asa Benveniste. The inter-relationship
illuminates us about Sherman's life, his "health
crises", "longstanding hangups with women", and
his book Pango Pahngo. The Journal is unusual
in presenting rare facts: Hawthorne's daughter,
Phoebi Merivale, donated the manuscript of MARBLE
FAUN to the British Museum. The Journal contains
2 circular poems by Richard Kostaelanetz, and
" Death of the Poet Arthur Rimbaud 1854-91" by
Asa Benveniste. The phrase "the blunt economics
of murder" indicates that Asa Benveniste is psychologically
more penetrating than most of his contemporaries.
The content of the Journal is enriched by some
of the finest poems of Michael March, Boris Vian,
Paul Vans, Patricia Clare Lamb, Jeremy Hilton,
Bill Sherman, Frances Presley, C.C. Gilmore, and
R. W. Ferrara. Ruwayda Rifka's "The Blue Note"
proves that the variety and richness of BRR is
quite bewildering.
-SANTOSH
KUMAR
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Out
of the Ordinary Short Stories by Floriana Hall,
Ist Books, USA, 2002, pp. 200, ISBN 1-4033-6026-X
Poe understood very well the significance of "invention,
creation, imagination, originality" in fictional
literature. We notice these characteristics in
nonfiction and fictional short stories by Floriana
Hall. The stories depict life in its real complexities,
and "convey definite inspirational messages. "
The stories are remarkable for their variety.
"Of Prayer and Angels" reveals her belief in angels.
The story is full of tenderness and pity, as the
author illustrates how her faith in God was intensified
at the age of seven in the summer of 1934. "The
out-of body experience had a definite effect on
my life…" "Shaun's Quest" is a children's story,
which teaches tolerance.
"One Day Later" is about the horror of the terrorist
attack on Sept 11, 2001. The most brutal tragedy
perpetrated by the air-borne suicide missions
shook the very fabric of culture and human values.
Floriana, the versatile author, has also included
several of her poems. What emerges from her poem
"America Under Attack" is the intensity of feeling
at the terrorist attack:
The children are having trouble sleeping,
Families of victims are still weeping,
Nightmares of blasts of fire and ashes
Invading their dreams like whipping lashes.
AMERICA UNDER ATTACK (p.173)
The refrain AMERICA UNDER ATTACK adds to the artistic
excellence of the poem. The stirring emotion of
the poem is matchless. The stories will "help
people cope in similar situations." Floriana says:
"In the scheme of things, I am just an ordinary
person like everyone else, but I believe I have
been inspired to write to help others. " She is
an extraordinary painter of life and manners,
and there is an inherent moral purpose in most
of the stories. Floriana asked herself: "What
could I do, other than what I had already done,
to help ensure that the world might be a better
place for my having walked there? " In her stories
there is not a single ungenerous or unkind comment.
The stories at every step reflect Floriana's nobility
of soul, her charity, her simplicity, and her
ceaseless flow of kindliness. Each of the stories
in Out of the Ordinary has a moral to convey,
but the development of the story is never obstructed
by the moral. Hugh Walker aptly points out that
in Hawthorne there is a perfect balance- the story
is the moral. The same is true about Floriana
Hall's extraordinary short stories.
-SANTOSH
KUMAR
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Perspectives,
by Hirsch Lazaar Silverman, Century House Publisher,
Nework, 2002, pp. 52, $ 12.95
Perspectives, Dr. Silverman's collection of poems,
represents his aim to penetrate the mystery of
the world through the language of poetry. "Life
\ Living" reveals some such magnificent lines:
"Life is a twisting road \ With unpredictable
fork,\ And unexpected tomorrow." Silverman employs
imagination to unravel the ways and means to live
with 'decency', 'modesty', 'dignity', and 'integrity'
("Excelsior").
Several poems in Perspectives reflect the post-modern
quest for moral values. "There Dwells" shows Silverman
at his best: "There dwells inside the flame \
Of our prayer a flaming source \ Which may ignite
in one a wonder \ Of wonders. " Silverman has
aptly propounded the value of 'prayer' arising
out of the innermost soul which can save us from
endless 'dialectic' so that one may "return home
eternally \ In harmonious sacredness." The predominant
quality of Perspectives is Silverman's sense of
'sacrednes' and 'obedience' to higher law. The
things which most impress him are " humility"
and "insight", since life is "significant" ("Logic").
The poet's whole message and philosophy is based
on a delicate sensibility inspired by the infinite
values and Kant's 'categorical imperative'. "Echoes
of Eternity" defines 'the good life' as "An extraordinary
harmony \ Created between tradition \ And progress."
The poem is full of the poet's simple earnestness.
Several poems in Perspectives are confessions
or prayers: "For I have erred \ Not out of love
of sin;\ I am most guilty\ Out of human weakness.
" "Reality" pleads for "full life" instead of
"long life." In another sublime poem "Pledge"
the poet emphasizes "the power of prayer", "ethical
values", "human decencies", "human fulfillment",
and "ultimate creativity." Silverman's poetry
is marked by a delicate and subtle didactic vein
in a language that is simple and natural.
Silverman, author of 21 books including ten volumes
of poetry, in his Perspectives has raised the
question 'how to live', and the question has been
resolved by each poem itself. The poems have "high
seriousness" and "the weight of meaning." Silverman's
morality, the result of the simple lucidity of
his mind, enlightens and ennobles human life.
"Grand style arises in poetry when a noble nature,
poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or severity
a serious subject." (Matthew Arnold) Silverman
is the master of "grand style."
-SANTOSH
KUMAR
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The
Still Horizon, An Anthology of WORLD POETRY, pp.
246, Price: $25, ISBN 81-901366-0-7 Published
by Cyberwit.net (2002)
Only
$10
The book provides a comprehensive collection of
poems by the poets all over the world. Here is
a wonderful gallery of the poems by eminent poets
from countries like USA, UK, Canada, Netherlands,
Australia, Italy, Argentina, Spain, France, Portugal,
Japan, India etc. The anthology possesses a breadth,
a depth, and a searching wisdom which is rare
and admirable both. The function of this book
is to prepare a congenial atmosphere for the poets,
an atmosphere of best ideas. Most of the poems
are penetrated with sentiment and intellectualism.
Few poets in the anthology deal with sensations
rather than ideas, with concrete life than with
abstract imaginings. The poets are neither escapists
nor unconcerned with human affairs.
Daniel W. Gonzales' 'Grandfather', Paul Oscar
Deene Karr's 'Coffee Sweet', Cynthia Therese Hoffman's
'Nature's Enchantment!', Hilary Lois Gnali's 'The
Snow Queen', Rune Leknes' 'The Mask', Yvonne Sparkes'
'Summer's Rain', 'My Prayer' and 'My Church',
Christine Kempster's 'God Made Me', Sharon W.
Flynn's 'Desert Dawn' and 'A Bouquet For New York',
Jan Oskar Hansen's 'An Unconventional Mother',
'Rebirth & Cloning' and 'Stormy Weather', Jim
Richardson's 'Ghosts In Korea' and 'Golden Age',
Kimberly DuBoise's 'The Awakening', , Kathleen
K. Harris' 'Evening Contemplation' and Floriana
Hall's 'Wedding In A Rose Garden'- all these poems
are magnificent and extend the domain of sensibility
for the delight, honour and benefit of human nature.
Joseph Aprile's 'Dark Green Dripping Wetness….'
is characterised by accuracy of observation and
bitter truthfulness of representation:
I am my mother's fetus,
left nine months soaking
in a slimy sac of brine,
I find myself, sometimes
longing for the cleansing drench of downpour
to smooth the cracks and
fill the fissures
left from the naked heat of birth.
Felix Fojas as a poet is simple, healthy, natural-no
hysterics or bluefire. His poem "On Moving Mountains"
opens with the following words, inspired by everyday
speech, yet charged with meaning:
In my callow days
I spent all my time
Moving mountains,
But nine out of ten
I miserably failed.
The above lines are brilliant and dazzling. There
is an indescribable magnetism about his poems.
The intent of Kim Shea's "Will You Still Love
Me" is to arouse the reader to a world of true
love. The poet asks:
Will you still love me thou my face has changed?
with wrinkles and lines often caused by age,
and my eyes have lost their youthful light
will you still love me through day and night?
These lines have the strongest emotional tones.
Cassandra Lee Wernecke's "A Waste Of Love", in
which the poet recounts a "hard' struggle "to
keep this bliss", concludes with a powerful paradox:
but if I'm afraid to try
just one more time
this thing so sublime
is just a waste.
Shirley Bolstok's "May The American Flag Stand"
refers to the events of black Tuesday, September11,
2001. The poem persistently and fervently attempts
to bring home the complete devastation as the
towers "came down in a thundering crash." Each
line of the poem is a complete unit of the meaning
signifying the tragedy.
"Not A Word Is Spoken" by Richard Brents is aimed
at expressing the feeling that the poet is perhaps
"alone", and nature itself seeks to assert this
idea:
Not a sound
Bird nor breeze
Could it be that I'm alone?
Melodye Johnson's "You Will" moves from one picture
of mood to a second, third and fourth. The lines
of the poem are divided by questions:
Who's going to love me for the rest of my life...
Who will take me for his wife?
Who will calm me when I feel afraid...
Who'll share the dreams and plans I've made?
Dr. Hirsch L. Silverman's "Polarity" shows high
poetic gifts. He is quite right when he says:
That without sharing
There can be no justice;
That without justice,
There can be no peace;
That without peace,
There can be no future.
There are many such cosmic images in his poem
"Trinity' also.
"Homeless" by Norma Woodbridge creates images
of the war, reflecting precisely the poet's passion
for peace. The melodious quality of the line "we
are not home" flows from the rhyme-like repetitions.
The publication of World poetry anthology presents
sales problems and is not a profitable business
at all. Besides, the production expenses are continually
swelling. It is, therefore, truly remarkable that
Cyberwit has offered its best efforts by compiling
poems from different nations of the world in a
single volume. This proves that the Cyberwit is
devoted to the cause of poetry. Publishers usually
do not care to take the risk of publishing poems
but the poets deserve an audience. Due to venturing
upon a hazardous business, Cyberwit should be
admired by the whole creative community, because
the poets look in vain for a publisher. The publishers
generally turn down poetry publication.
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