Author-Poet Aberjhani
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http://www.goodreads.com/aberjhani
born
January 01, 2008
gender
male
place of birth
Savannah , The United States
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Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs
influences
"Everyone is influenced by everybody but you bring it down home the way you feel it."--Thelonius Monk, jazz great.
member since
July 2007
about this author
My newest books are the long-awaited (really, almost 2 decades) ELEMENTAL The Power of Illuminated Love with the artist Luther E. Vann, and The American Poet Who Went Home Again. I am also the author several other books, including: the novel Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World and a volume of poetry titled The Bridge of Silver Wings. My novel is a book that I also hope to publish as a graphic novel and the book of poetry is one that refused to go unpublished.
I don't recall a time since adolescence when I have not been involved in a deep relationship with writing, reading, and other forms of creative expression, which is why I'm so deeply involved with Creative Thinkers International at http://www.creativethinkersintl.ning.com......more
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The Bridge of Silver Wings by Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.45 — 11 ratings — published 2007 |
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Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.67 — 6 ratings — published 2003 2 editions |
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I Made My Boy Out of Poetry by Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published 1998 2 editions |
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Elemental: The Power of Illuminated Love by Luther E. Vann, Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2008 |
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The Wisdom of W.E.B. Dubois by Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2003 2 editions |
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Literary Savannah by Patrick Allen, Rosemary Daniell (Goodreads author) Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2006 |
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The American Poet Who Went Home Again by Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008 2 editions |
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Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World by Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2008 |
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The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009 by Author-Poet Aberjhani (Goodreads author) avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2007 |
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The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009 (Poetry)
4 chapters
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updated 05/18/2009 01:32PM
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What is it with dreams, angels, and poetry?
The Great Blog Machine News Room (Nonfiction)
24 chapters
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updated 02/14/2009 02:07PM
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Information as up-to-date as I can manage regarding current and forthcoming projects.
--Aberjhani
ELEMENTAL: The Power of Illuminated Love (Arts & Photography)
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updated 01/20/2009 12:39PM
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Almost two decades in the making, ELEMENTAL is a book of more than 60 brilliant color reproductions of images by the Artist Luther E. Vann, whose work is on exhibit at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia, from April 16-Aug 17, 2008. In addition to Vann's art, the book features corresponding poetry by Aberjhani along with insightful essays on the artist's work and life.
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance (Biographies & Memoirs)
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A multiple award-winning volume on the jazz age triumphs of the Harlem Renaissance that lead to the success of America's Civil Rights Movement and paved the way for the election of the United States' first African-American president.
Features a general introduction, A-to-Z entries; a chronology, glossary of slang; list of museums and centers, bibliography, sources for further reading, and two indexes.
The American Poet Who Went Home Again (Biographies & Memoirs)
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The American Poet Who Went Home Again is a book of creative nonfiction that blends memoir, literary journalism, history, and biography to tell the story of one writer’s rediscovery of his family, his hometown of Savannah, Georgia, and himself. It is composed of four sections containing collectively 20 chapters and 3 introductory poems for a total of 309 memorable pages. Includes work by several surprise guest authors.
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recommended for: Poetry lovers and fans of Barack Obama.
read in January, 2009, has a copy to sell/swap
Poet-I-Am said:
"I feel particularly honored to see The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009 in publication because of its poemized documentation of recent historical events, including the Virginia Tech massacre and U.S. presidential election. For a broader overview/review of...more
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date: May 09, 2009 01:00AM location: Charles Morris Center, 10 East Broad Street, Savannah, GA, The United States description: Savannah author Aberjhani, whose titles include "ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love," "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance," and "The American Poet Who Went Home Again," teams up with The Book Lady Bookstore to sign copies of his work during the inaugural Savannah Urban Arts Festival. Events for the festival are being held throughout the city and include creative workshops,live performances, film screenings, a poetry slam and panel discussions o...more | |||
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THE HOUR OF PRESIDENTS AND POETSThe poetic eloquence that some of U.S. President Barack Obama’s critics viewed as a major weakness in 2008 is now widely acknowledge in 2009 as a principle strength. Couple that with the controversy that overboiled in regard to poet Elizabeth Alexander’s inauguraton poem, Praise Song for the Day, and it would appear that poetry is taking on a new and elevated status in the global cultural village. That having been said, it was my own honor recently to enjoy an interview chat with poet, author, and playwright Vanessa Richardson. Please allow me to invite you to enjoy it at this url: http://thecertainones.blogspot.com/2009/...
Also, I haven’t had a chance to chat with inauguraton poet Elizabeth Alexander just yet but you can find my review of book, Body of Life, right here–– url: http://authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle....
Aberjhani
Aberjhani,
Hey Brother, and good to connect with you here as well:) I was thinking, you still have an interview open to do with Judy you know:)
Hope you can find the time
Love and light to you brother
And thanks for the connect here also
Chase Von:)
PS
I'm still finding my way around here, so I want to see if this works:)
Chase Von Interview's Aberjhani
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Dear Poet
Have a great all Hallows
best wishes to your family
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A REVIEW WORTH READING
As the author of several novels, including “Margaret and David: A Love Story,” and the brand new memoir “Misdemeanors and Felonies,” Louisiana writer Jerry Bolton is someone who knows more than a little about worthwhile literature. Therefore, his review of the novel Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World is one not to be missed at:
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarti...
I just wanted to say thanks for the interest in my book. New author here just trying to spead word! THANKS!!!
Kelly Moran
http://home.wi.rr.com/kellymoran
XXXOOO
I want to apologize for the all the recommendations from me yesterday. I wanted to share the Stoker Award news, and I only pressed the send button once--I'm not sure what happened to create so many messages. Some weird glitch.Argh...this is terrible...
Again, I'm very sorry.
-Jeremy
Here’s wishing you a nifty New Year filled with noiseless noses, neato nicknames, noble Nebraskans, gnarly narcoleptic nebulas, and novel novels about nut-eating narwhals and novercaphobic gnats. -Jeremy :)
P.S.—I’m currently offering autographed/personally-inscribed copies of my novel, Vacation, with free shipping for those in the US. If there’s anything you could do to help me spread the word about this, I’d really appreciate it. Feel free to click here for details:
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Hi Aberjhani!Here’s wishing you a yippee-filled Yuletime overflowing with yard-long yams, yapping yoyo-yanking yetis, yak-milk yeast-cakes, and yellow yarn-yielding year-end yard-gnomes.
-Jeremy :)
I am sorry that you could n ot get the link, thankyou for the book recommendation, here is a song for you
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Have a great christmas or if you do not celebrate that have a great winter
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Great to hear from you! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and are getting some writing time in, too!
Luv, Kaza
Thanks for the kind words, Aberjhani. They mean a lot to me.It sounds like you have a wonderful relationship with the written word. I'm happy to hear it.
Here's wishing you the best in all aspects of your life.
-Jeremy :)
Hi Aberjhani!If you don't mind sharing--I was wondering, what's your favorite book of all time?
Here’s wishing you a weekend filled with wacky whims, wonderful weirdness, and well-disposed werecats.
-Jeremy :)
Thanks for the friendship, Aberjhani! Here’s wishing you a fantastic day filled with fabulous fates, fanciful festivities, and frolicking phantom footstools. :)
Aberjhani
Thankyou for asking to be my friend here I wish you all the best for this winter I hope you like this
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Jude
Hello Poet-I-Am. Thanks for adding me as a friend. I look forward to sharing thoughts and ideas with you.
Have an adventurous day.
~patrick
Thanks for inviting me to join your friends list. I'm enjoying the community of Goodreads and am being inspired to read even more. I'm slowly getting my bookshelves added and slower yet in adding friends. All in good time...
I am glad to have you on my friend list. I marked your books to read and will get back to you when I read them. I was a government brat, 21 schools, 4 cc, and 2 universities. You beat my record. Also expert at moving and I have been to Harlem in '76. Have a great day:) Jo
Thankyou for your message I did enjoy reading it
I hope you are having a great time with reading. family and friends
Hi Aberjhani...Thank you for your comment...You know I saw one of the best profiles in this site, in your page...Yes, most of the Iranian like Rumi and of course Ferdousi, do you know about him and his great book, Shahnameh?...
I love book, this is my best friend in this full of lie world...Would you please advise me some good books?...I love learning new things, so I wanna know, what does your name mean?...My name means "like the moon";)...
Likewise, Aberjhani -- I look forward to checking out your site!Cheers,
Amy
p.s. I'm from Stone Mountain!
Hello and best wishes thankyou for adding me
Starry
starry night
paint your palette blue and grey
look out on a summer's day
with eyes that know the
darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills
sketch the trees and the daffodils
catch the breeze and the winter chills
in colors on the snowy linen land.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
They would not listen
they did not know how
perhaps they'll listen now.
Starry
starry night
flaming flo'rs that brightly blaze
swirling clouds in violet haze reflect in
Vincent's eyes of China blue.
Colors changing hue
morning fields of amber grain
weathered faces lined in pain
are soothed beneath the artist's
loving hand.
And now I understand what you tried to say to me
how you suffered for your sanity
how you tried to set them free.
perhaps they'll listen now.
For they could not love you
but still your love was true
and when no hope was left in sight on that starry
starry night.
You took your life
as lovers often do;
But I could have told you
Vincent
this world was never
meant for one
as beautiful as you.
Poet-I-Am, keep writing and writing and writing and Good luck to you. I'll send you a link to my latest book.
Thanks so much for your message and the link to creativethinker (a great site). Though I mainly write novels and sometimes plays, poetry and the visual arts are very important to me as sources of inspiration, peace, and insight.
“Whatever is to save us must reach beyond countries as well as flesh, across oceans as well as minds. This is why Love is more than a fable: because it actually does these things every single day that life enters and leaves this world." My heart strings have been played a sweet song of love after reading this piece. I will not even try to imagine the sorrow you and their mother had to experience at this loss. The love you have for them shows in the fact that you would think about their lives after pampers, toilet training and ABC's. It is amazing to me, being a mother, that heart reached beyond the point of conception and birth to courageously take a sober look at what the world would offer your girls. I have 4 daughters - 2 biological and 2 inherited but all mine: I would pray that life would allow them to blossom into all they could but even if the world doesn't, love will save them. Thank you for sharing this with me.
You are quite welcome and you are being quite gracious in even referring to me as a writer. I noticed that you have quite a few articles on authorsden, which are some of your favorites? I'd like to read them as well or should I just read them all - Lol!
"a specifically racist expression of profanity intended to justify the annihilation of a people’s worth" is perhaps the most powerful line of literature that I have read in decades. Bless you for sharing your pain and insight on a time when it was dangerous to even consider doing what you did in true innocence. That word is used so much throughout my family until I am guilty of the fact that it has taken residence in a place within me that bears no pain or thought of shame when hearing or using it. The eye-opener of this piece is far more revealing and demanding of action than most are willing to admit. Thank you for unwrapping a delicate piece of history while enlightening us to make the choice to change the language we embrace and realize that all words are worthy of use. Again, blessings.
Thanks so much for allowing me to be a part of your circle of friends. Feel free to let me know of any "good-reads" you may come across. I look forward to reading with you.
Thank you, and wonderful to be in your circle. MAY the circle be unbroken, by and by, Lord, by and by.
Thank you for inviting me to become a friend! Your reviews will help me select lots of good new stuff....
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