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Gratitudes of a Dozen Roses

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:01:34 -0800

I. This rose of spiritual gratitude placed at the feet of a Rasta Warrior Woman showers the earth with sweetfire and hosannas and early morning glory. II. Beneath an African moon shining silver poems and a river of orchards singing purple praises a black rose bows her head like a black swan humbled by her crown of jade. III. Birdsongs weave grace in ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 27

Letters from the Soul Numbers 7 and 8

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:55:45 -0800

The holidays are a good time to recall shared journeys in one's life and therefore also a good time to resume the presentation of Visionary Vibes, Letters from the Soul here at Red Room. If you missed the last installment of Letters from the Soul Number 6 please click this link or to start at the beginning click here . Also, I perhaps should point out that the language gets a bit rough in ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 30

If Peace Comes and Nobody Wants It

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:43:45 -0800

Once, while still in the U.S. Air Force, I discussed the issue of the need for world peace with someone very close to me. At one point, she very sincerely asked a question I had never considered: "What if peace comes and nobody wants it?" I answered that if peace came and nobody wanted it, then the world would see to its immediate destruction. Sometimes I think peace is constantly ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 27

Work and Soul in Michael Jackson's This Is It

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:40:44 -0800

It says a lot that even while its principle star struggled to conserve creative energy and was simply "warming up" for the actual live performance scheduled to follow, Michael Jackson's This Is It snagged the October 30 weekend box office in the United States with $21,3000,000. It says even more that just two weeks after its opening, as of November 12, 2009, the movie has played in ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 21

National Bookstore Day: A Great Day for a Signing

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:20 -0800

National Bookstore Day, November 7, 2009, has to be one of the best ideas anybody has come up with to help celebrate and preserve literary culture in our digitally-revolutionized age in a very long time. It gives me a perfect excuse to scrape up a few bucks and splurge on books other than those needed for research. But now that I think about it a bit more, it also should have been a good excuse ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 12

Three Great Movies to Tag for Holiday Viewing

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:03:21 -0800

What movies are you watching for the holidays? Most people are more likely to think along the lines of movie classics like It's a Wonderful Life (1947) or the more modern The Preacher's Wife (1996) and megastar Jim Carrey's forthcoming Walt Disney blockbuster, A Christmas Carol when it comes to considering films to enjoy with one's family during the holidays. However, a number of films do a ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 07

Savannah State Continues Fine Art Series with Phil Starks' "Gaia Earth Goddess" Exhibit

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:59:44 -0800

The ancient stories told through the work of Savannah, Georgia, artist Phil Starks unfolded in a very modern setting with the opening of his Gaia Earth Goddess and Her 7 Matriarchal Daughters exhibition, scheduled to run from October 23 to November 19, 2009, at the Savannah State University (SSU) Art Gallery. Starks has participated in a number of group shows over the past few years, including ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 03

A Hostess and Haven Named Paris

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:15:49 -0800

For years I have been telling myself and my friends that my favorite city is Paris, France, but the fact is I have never been there. Yet I have this strange memory--as false as a five dollar bill with a grinning jack-o-lantern where Abraham Lincoln's noble beard should be--that likes to surface every now and then and insist it is real. The memory is of a cool day early in May 1946. ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 01

Two Literary Laureates Celebrated: Herta Mϋller and Amiri Baraka

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:43:00 -0700

The celebration of one literary laureate kicked off when the Swedish Academy in Stockholm awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature to German-Romanian Herta Mϋller October 8, 2009. The celebration of another literary laureate got underway October 7, when Amiri Baraka, one of African America's greatest statesmen of letters, turned 75, and plans were announced to honor the venerable author ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on October, 20

The Last of the Seven

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:35:30 -0800

On the same day that Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson died, my Uncle Lendward Griffin, Sr., also left this world for greener spiritual pastures. Once the news of his death sunk all the way in, I thought to myself, Wow, he left this world in some really fantastic company. Uncle Len was not a public megastar like Fawcett and Jackson but in his own way he was as unique and worthy of ...

posted by Author-Poet Aberjhani on November, 17