no one can bear a burden for all of life
the weight must sink one or be cast off
before the mind falls into a deep trough
or disaster strike with its heavy knife
avoidance of all struggle and all strife
escape from that most dreadful slough
neither of these is in itself enough
to justify how humans man or wife
or child or singleton or those otherwise
may through their living act or signify
what purpose gives the fact of life its fire
seen through normal not-quite-clear eyes
the art of living's just another lie
we tell ourselves before the final pyre
15 December 2006
how broad the shoulder
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Fragano Ledgister,
Whether you chose to laugh or cry at my review of Albert's extract matter's not.
We thank you for acknowledging on your post to all that you had received it.
Being a southern USA born who have traveled most of Atlanta to the likes of Dr. Martin L. King Jr, Andrew Young and others, I just expected some "southern hospitality" shown.
I leave all the Caribbean, Rastafari, Bob Marley, etc to experts like you and my Albert.
However, I find it all fancinating and do enjoy learning everthing I can. I am reading much of your work with much interest.
Sincerely,
Albert and Tempie
THE WINNING TEAM
#3 ::: Fragano Ledgister ::: (view all by) ::: September 14, 2006, 02:46 PM:
Late last month this turned up in my mailbox:
Dear Caribbean Researcher,
I am pleased to introduce you to my forth publication, ?Haunted Heritage and Other Stories?
Your e-mail address was obtained from the Internet. After careful study of your profile, I am persuaded that you will appreciate the attached information in regard to my latest publication.
?Haunted Heritage and Other Stories? (ISBN 1-4241-0680-X) was published by PublishAmerica based in Maryland, USA earlier this year. The 164-page publication is available on demand from such on line bookstores as amazon.com and Ingram, as well as from Publishamerica.com.
Please find enclosed a review by Tempie King, an extract from one of the stories and other informative press clippings for your perusal.
I look forward to receiving your feedback.
Have nice day.
Sincerely
Albert
The 'review' was as follows:
Haunted Heritage and Other Stories receives 5-star rating
Reviewed by Tempie Author of Feelings
Reading this author/poet?s collection of mystifying stories and sensual poems im-mediately took me to another place. A place far beyond my soul. A place where I was challenged to feel every essence of this written- journey. Where as a reader you make an effortless choice of either sa-voring the flavor of arousal or simply reading the mere words and have an in-sipid insatiable affect.
It all began when I first took the sheet of paper off the typewriter on the cover and turned the page. I too became prey of a most inviting beast that engulfed me whole. Swallowed by untainted delight not wanting to be released as each poem took hold and gripped me tightly. Shamelessly, asking where are those trees that were greenest? Can anything be more desirable than the sun at its zenith? Feeling the flower blooming every hour against a verdure stem. . With light illuminating their dream world she reads their favorite poems. Realizing the heart that knows depths of love may never be de-ceived. Without her he is lost.
The Haunted Heritage is the highlight story with a most exhilarating twist. Centering around a British husband Phillip?s ordeal of taking his Dominican nurse wife Margaret back to her ginger bread fretwork homeland after being gone for seventeen years. The story unfolds as they return to find a seventy five year old caretaker Leah of African decent displaying bouts full of hostility. The evening is hot and sticky and Margaret becomes uneasy whispering to Phillip she hears strange things. Phillip ultimately accuses her of going mad over the spirits of the West Indies.
The author/poet writes a beautiful story line that shows that Margaret is overtaken by bouts of manic depres-sion. She is hailed by the town as not only being of no-toriety in being a descendant of a famous writer but she too writes her own novel, The River Clear Revela-tion.
Another story that took my fancy was, Baby in the Middle. This story had a faint biblical abstract at its core. It is about a baby being born of a couple that after six months of their marriage the husband accepts a seven-year medical study scholarship. He is only able to be with his wife once a year and for six months they are able to be with another. As this story continues, the wife announces by telephone into the sixth year of marriage she is with a child. The husband joyously receives the news only to inform the wife he has had a sperm count done and found out he could no way father a baby. The wife frantically confesses she had been unfaithful many times with the gardener. The doctor weighs his options and suggests they adopt the baby to avoid a scandal.
Now, this was sent out to every member of the Society for Caribbean Studies mailing list. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry, frankly.
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