Welcome to my stop on the NBtM virtual book tour for World of Stars by Seyoum Nigussie. This tour was organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. On my stop, I have an excerpt from the book as well as an interesting guest post from the author. There's also the tour wide giveaway for a chance to win a $15 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card. Be sure to visit the other stops on the tour for more content. Enjoy!
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Title: World of StarsAuthor: Seyoum Nigussie
Publisher: Tellwell Talent
Publication Date: June 2nd 2021
Print Length: 142 pages
Genre: Poetry
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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.
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EXCERPT:
Stars Every Where
Countless heavenly stars rock in the cosmos
Glamorous stars walk the earth for good cause.
Every where they reach for social worth
Stars every where delight of human growth
Through infinite universe that exists forever
Up in skies brighter and on earth glimmer,
To mark human lives for better and better
Gracious they are, stars appear every where.
As mysterious universe is subtle and endless
There could be time for galaxies to impress.
Leading human world into new progress
Fathoms of spirit generate legends to redress.
As microcosmic creatures inhibit on earth
Star lights come forth to unleash sound health.
Striving and tackling renewal of ethical wealth
Invincible stars would show up for moral rebirth.
As fountain of all lives and blossom of love
Stars reinvigorate themselves further to live.
As images of dreams and homages to believe
Stars every where shine out cures to relieve.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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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GUEST POST:
- If you could give any piece of advice to your younger self, what would it be and why?
There is a funny question in that, it is like asking what would you do if you are to be born again, or if given another chance of becoming young again. Both are similar questions but they may have different answers. I squeeze them together, and here is my answer: I would pay a high degree of attention to financial and technical literacy and would choose business over politics - that sucked up my entire life since I was 17 years old.
‘In my past I was young and brave, and I tried politics as if I could change the world. Now I am old and wise to change my self.’ That’s what many of us baby boomers generation say too often. ‘If I had known 30 or 40 years ago what I know now, my life would have been different.’ There are many reasons why I would choose financial and technical literacy. If I had financial literacy, there was a substantial fund from my parents only if I knew how to build wealth. Secondly, technical literacy appeals to me because there is always much work to do in technical field.
As for politics, it is brutal game in the part of the world I grew up in. I dared to go through that adventure and gained nothing. My entry to politics was like jumping off a 30,000 feet high plane without parachute. At my age back then, I was not prepared for the turmoil that boiled around me. Not matured myself, I positioned myself as a cadre and I agitated and recruited anti-communist comrades. It was dangerous journey but very daring. Just about 20 years ago, I read a wise text on Asian Pacific monthly newspaper that says, “If you inject truth in politics, you have no politics,” It rings true in the part of the world I was from. For the wicked politicians, politics is the art of lying and killing. I could not take that sh*t and stood against it.
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GIVEAWAY:
Seyoum Nigussie will be awarding a $15 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter. Good luck!
(All the Ups and Downs is not responsible for this giveaway, its entries, or the prize. Goddess Fish Promotions and the author are responsible for everything related to this giveaway.)
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