Essay by Chimezie Ihekuna

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DECEPTION 4

Chimezie Ihekuna

As men, we ought to give into sexual advances to women, whether married or not

If the statement is put this way: As women, we ought to give into sexual advances from men, whether married or not, the male folk will unequivocally have problems with it. Ironically, in loose terms, men generally tend to key into this deceptive assertion.  Hence, one of the reasons for male chauvinists treat their spouses less than second fiddles and simultaneously gratify their sexual thirst with other women, irrespective of relationship status. They fail to recognize that the women they “cheating on” have rights to take part in what they seem to derive pleasure from. Without a doubt, the statement “equal rights” irritates them!

Granted, men are moved by what they see and women are moved by what they hear. However, self-control cannot be excused for giving into sexual offers. Some men claim that the reason they give into sexual advance from women is due to the response of “the manhood” to sex-tuning offers from women and assert that the ‘seat of womanhood’ cannot be noticed and hence, women should not ‘enjoy’ such a right as they do. What an alibi!

The statement has two interpretations, that is, “As married men we ought to give into sexual advances from women”. And “As bachelors, we ought to give into sexual advances from women”. Therefore, we will consider them. 

“As married men, we ought to give into sexual advance from women”

If you on advocate of this statement, do you believe in the efficacies of marital vows you swore on the altar? Do you know that from the moment you took those vows, you are entitled to sexually submit yourself only to your wife? Are you aware of the fact that marriage is a life-long test of your fidelity? Also, can you remember how sincerely passionate you were about committing yourself (Sexually) to your wife? Have you forgotten that marriage is an institution where sexual, physical, emotional, spiritual and other important requirements are needed for its longevity? If you think that as a married man, you could give into sexual gratification outside your marital convenience, then where have you placed self-control? Apart from that, how would you react if your wife says:  “As a married woman, I ought to give into sexual advances from my male admirers”?

It is a generally sorry-case for men who get married without having the necessary knowledge of staying married. Ill-equipped with the necessary skills of managing one’s sexuality, they stumble into the institution, apparently believing their youthful exuberant tendencies will come to a halt but the reverse is the case. No wonder most exuberance – driven men cannot be sexually committed to their wives – they fail to really put to a full stop their care-free sex lives of their youth days.

In a way, this statement has made married men believe that there is practically no consequence. What a shallow thinking! If nothing, think about the guilt you will live with for a very long period of time. Of course, thanks to your judge, your conscience!

In all, if you really want to confirm how deceptive the assertion is, try self-control. 

“As an unmarried man, I ought to give into sexual advance from women”

Because you do not have a spouse doesn’t permit you to have “unlimited” sexual pleasures. Some bachelors would say ‘we are for the fun of having sex, since we are unmarried.

By observation, however, they would want to settle down and commit themselves to their (would-be) wives in future. Unfortunately, they fail to build the entirety of their personality; sexually (exercising self-control) and goal-oriented. Instead, they gallivant in the name of youthful exuberance to seek for sexual gratification.

 

 

Elizabeth Hughes’ Book Periscope

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After The Ride by J.R. Conway
After the Ride is the sequel to Greyhound Therapy and picks up right where the other ends in a very smooth way. In After the Ride we are introduced to Kenneth Boutros who has PTSD and was placed on the Greyhound bus to Sweetwater County to live at his uncle’s ranch. When he arrives he finds out that his uncle had died and another relative paid the back taxes and bought the ranch and does not want Kenneth there. The sheriff finds out the reason is a major chop shop operation. The reader will be taken on a thrilling read that will keep him/her riveted to the very end. This would be perfect for older teen to adult. I found it to be a very exciting read and absolutely loved it.
From Religion to Science by Lawrence H. Wood
This book brings the subjects of religion and science together, from the conception of science as a worldview and how it differs from the basic fundamentals of the Christian religion. A lot of scientists are atheists and can’t conceive of any of what the Bible says as truth. This book is very interesting in that it states how life evolved from one single organism, according to the scientific explanation. This book also gets into the study of the tectonic plates and the movement that causes earthquakes. This book is filled with many scientific facts and explanations. It is perfect for someone into the sciences or just starting them. I, myself, found it very fascinating.
The Future of Nigeria by Michael Owhoko
The Future of Nigeria is an updated version of the original book. It has been updated to include new data on the economics and political forces on the people of Nigeria. Instead of moving forward as a country, Nigeria is lacking in progress. The author goes on to say that Nigeria is encouraging relapse instead of moving forward. The current federation in Nigeria is not working so that the country can progress. If Nigeria does not move forward it could collapse as a nation. The leaders must listen to the people if they want to see any improvement. This is the perfect book for readers who are interested in reading books about other nations.
Bitter-Sweet Sugar by Nowrang Persaud
Nowrang Persaud grew up in poverty in Colonial British Guyana surrounded by his very loving extended family. This is his autobiography, starting from when he was young and living in poverty through his adulthood and how he worked hard to climb out of poverty. He has great respect and love for his mother who worked hard as a weeder on the estate to take care of all of the children and husband. When his father became a driver, they were able to move into an independent house. They finally had floors and a bathroom in their home. This is the story of how Nowrang worked hard and persevered to become a teacher and work for the UN and other very important jobs. This is a very uplifting and interesting story of his life. He overcame so many hardships with hard work and pure determination. I found it very interesting and can honestly highly recommend it.
The Lumpa Rupper by Tina Heinrich
The Lumpa Rupper is an extremely cute children’s book. It is about a Dachshund named Fee Bee but also called Fee Fee who is very mischievous. The illustrations are bright and children will be excited to look at them. They will love the story and will want to have this read to them over and over. I absolutely loved this and very highly recommend it.
The Adventures of Flopsy and Flathead
This is also another cute book by Tina Heinrich. The illustrations in this one were drawn by her son when he was 10 years old. It is the true story of their hen house and the two chickens that made it and hatched. Little children will absolutely love the drawings and the story itself. I also found this one very delightful and highly recommend it.

Christopher Bernard reviews The Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg’s production of The Pygmalion Effect

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Russian poster for Boris Eifman’s ballet “The Pygmalion Effect”

DID I MENTION THAT I LOVED IT?

 

The Pygmalion Effect

Eifman Ballet of Saint Petersburg

Zellerbach Hall

Berkeley, California

 

A review by Christopher Bernard

 

Sometimes all I want to do in a review is say “I loved it, I loved it, I loved it” two or three hundred times (enough to fill a couple of pages and one or two smartphone screens), and call it a day. Who wants to analyze something you’ve just fallen in love with, especially a fairy tale straight out of “My Fair Lady,” with a Russian twist, a nod to Ernst Lubitsch, and a Viennese soundtrack? I just want to daydream, go over it in memory, laugh out loud again at the jokes, the galloping music, the inspired moves, the tender sentiments, the big heartedness of it all.

 

For example, the mysterious opening where a young woman lies curled up on the ground, asleep and abandoned outside a wealthy house, where she is tormented by erotic dreams of a man being worshipped by women, none of whom is herself. And the dream goes on, segueing into what we will learn is a long flashback. Beginning with:

 

A street suddenly packed with a score or so skittering demimonde types dancing their hearts out, a poor workhorse of a father (danced by a vigorous Dmitry Fisher) putting his daughter, dressed up in drag-prince costume military togs, to work collecting customers for his carriage service. The daughter is a tomboy gamine named Gala (the ravishingly graceful, lithe and witty Lyubov Andreyevna) with the tatterdemalion charm of an Artful Dodger who invents the dance’s insouciant heroine out of thin air and the champagne effervescence of a Strauss polka.

 

Or the Ballroom Contest, watched by an enthralled Gala, where sequins-draped ladies and their sharply attired consorts ravish the stage, trying to out dance each other with an athletic, competitive joyfulness until one of the couples, Leon (a commanding Oleg Gabyshev) and his partner Tea (an Amazonian sex goddess who rules the stage whenever she is on it, Alma Petrovskaya), at the point of achieving supreme perfection, slips and collapses, mortifyingly, across the stage.

 

Or the organized chaos when Leon, on his way home, is mugged by some of Gala’s lowlife confreres, and Gala, still in her boy togs, and showing her street chops to smartly punishing effect, saves the overwhelmed dancer, who, thinking her a good fellow to have in a pinch, takes her home for a post-pugilist celebration.

 

When lo! he discovers he is a she! Much is made of the attendant confusion. Leon, of course, takes her under his wing. The father finds out and sees an easy way to cadge some rubles via his little girl, and Gala falls ever deeper into an infatuation with the fellow she saved, and Leon, for a laugh, brings the graceless, galumphing, spectacularly over-dressed hobbledehoy to his dance class, where he conceives a bizarre plan to turn this bundle of grotesquerie and unconscious charm into a prize-winning dancer. He bets on it against the scoffing Coach (a properly sneering Igor Subbotin) and proceeds to prove his point.

 

Though not before nearly conceding defeat as he tries to mold this feckless ne’er-do-well into something half civilized, with not even an iota of success. At which point he gets a brain wave: fit her up with an all-body robotic armature, cap her with a neon helmet, and set her off with a remote control, a la “Die Puppe” (“The Doll,” Lubitsche’s famous silent film from the 1920s), and let his fingers do her dancing.

 

Which is just the final push Gala needs to get it, clicking into the dazzling dancer we in the audience have known all along she is, but only now the rest of the ballroom dancing crowd is forced to admit, as she and Leon dance off with the top prize of them all.

 

But what is this? Leon, our Henry Higgins, the aim and goal now of little Gala’s heart, now that he has won his bet, casts her off. What is she to him? A successfully made point. With the arrogance of the “creator,” he leaves her to her venal father, her mugger class, her gutter.

 

But she has been poisoned by her success. She can’t return to her old life. She is no longer that, she no longer can do that. She curls up on a street bench, lost between worlds, rejecting what she once was, dreaming futilely of what she might have had and what she might have been. We are back at the beginning. Leon visits her in her dreams. She does not realize he is the cause of her misery as much as of her peak of joy. She has become a prisoner of her love.

 

Boris Eifman choreographed this supremely charming ballet (which is being given its U.S. premiere in these performances through Cal Performances), and shows that there is still a place for a dance of pure pleasure. I suspect that all, or at least most, of his company, the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, appears, and a more vigorous, graceful, and irresistibly happy group of dancers it would be hard to imagine. (One of the heady joys for an American is seeing this example of the Russian style of ballet dancing at its best: sharp, exuberantly athletic, and romantic, all at the same time. One gets an idea where Balanchine came from.)

 

The brilliant sets were by Zinovy Margolin, the deliciously louche costumes by Olga Shaishmelashvili. The effortlessly engaging music was, for the most part, by Johann Strauss, Jr., with a few numbers by Josef and Eduard from the same, copiously composing family, and a handsomely judged concluding contrast from tender, truthful, unsentimental Mozart.

 

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Christopher Bernard is co-editor and poetry editor of Caveat Lector. He writes on dance, drama, and art for Synchronized Chaos. His most recent book is the poetry collection Chien Lunatique.

His novel Meditations on Love and Catastrophe at The Liars’ Café will be out later this year.

Synchronized Chaos June 2019: Humans In Context

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Welcome, readers, to June’s issue of Synchronized Chaos Magazine! This month, while we’re very small individuals on a planetary or interstellar scale, we are still part of and connected to the larger universe.

Margarita Serafimova’s poetic speakers join themselves to nature and the sky. Mahbub’s pieces cover love lost and found, and point to the speaker’s deep, abiding connection with poetry.

Michael Robinson contributes a story of finding authentic love and human connection in an unusual place. 

Olga Spiegel brings us abstract, surreal art with humanesque figures drifting through vast landscapes.

Elizabeth Hughes’ Book Periscope column reviews I Saw Leaves Last Night by Lisa Musall, Precious Treasures from the Grandie River by Wilton Broome, and Greyhound Therapy by J.R. Conway. Each of these stories points to a deeper reality: changing seasons, the migration of native Caribbean people after independence from colonial rule, and cities giving bus tickets to the mentally ill and those who commit petty crimes so they move elsewhere rather than providing treatment locally. 

Sometimes the relationship between ourselves and the broader context of the world around us can come with tension.

Christopher Bernard reviews Songs of the Goat’s production of Songs of Lear at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, a musical exploration of a play where a family struggles painfully because of the discrepancies between how family members act in public and how they treat each other behind closed doors.

Vijay Nair lambastes corrupt and oppressive governmental systems, while Yusuf Baba Mohamed urges us not to abandon the dream of freedom on many levels.

Bethany Pope’s poetry probes incomplete connections between the self and the world. We see Western travelers who bring packaged food with them to China, unwilling to fully experience the new country. And a speaker who looks deeply into her inner world, exploring, yet resisting the chasm within.

Meanwhile, Henry Bladon wonders if everything has to have a deep meaning. Maybe sometimes a dream is just a dream?

Ordinary life can serve as a starting point for observations.

Kahlil Crawford traces the change and death of his local surf town, while D.S. Maolalai appreciates the day-to-day, writing of lazy afternoons with gentle humor. 

Isaac Adjei Boateng presents upbeat, rhapsodic odes to rain, local community radio, and the weather, along with encouragement to be peaceful and thankful.

Daniel De Culla sends us a short fable inspired by a mural, which seems to encourage us to stay aware of the true motives of those around us.

Jaylan Salah analyzes the appeal of Supernatural character Dean Winchester, played by Jensen Ackles. He’s rendered as simultaneously sexy and modest/conservative in the popular show, a male character sexualized for female/LGBT viewers.

Denis Emorine mourns his late mother through a long poetic cycle in French and English, while J. J. Campbell bonds with his ill Mom over a shared sense of dark humor. 

John Grochalski writes of the little indignities of life: hangovers, flatulence, aging.

Connecting with the larger world outside ourselves can inspire personal transformation.

Magdalena Garcia’s The Madness inside My Head, here reviewed by Cristina Deptula, presents a narrator who overcomes domestic violence and celebrates authentic love and sensuality along with her heritage.

In Michael Robinson’s short piece, we see how human connection and faith can change lives.

Loretta Siegel’s poem about celebrating Easter at Mt. Tamalpais, a scenic landmark off the California coast, ties in with the theme of personal and seasonal, as well as spiritual, resurrection.

A few contributions show us people who consider the impact of their actions on the world around them.

Chimezie Ihekuna, also known as Mr. Ben, sends in the third chapter of his views on wise sexual behavior, looking deeper into whether the ‘good’ girls are destined to end up with the ‘bad’ boys (and vice versa).

Finally, Brian Rihlmann’s pieces explore memory and legacy. The speakers want to leave something behind, are intending to create a certain kind of future.

 

 

Essay from Chimezie Ihekuna (Mr. Ben)

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About Mr. Ben: 

Though based in Lagos, Nigeria, Mr. Ben (Chimezie Ihekuna) is an internationally published and represented author, speaker, poet, writer and voice-over artiste. He enjoys reading edifying books, traveling and meeting people. Following the words of the great Greek philosopher, Socrates, who said ‘Employ your time by improving with other men’s writings so that you can gain easily what others labored hard for’, Mr. Ben, as he is fondly called, is poised to impact humanity in all spheres of life and human recognition. With his knowledge zenith, he is willing to disseminate valued and ageless information to all interested persons, groups and organizations-what he toiled to gain over the years.

Mr. Ben has a new book out, Maya Initiate 39: The Long Walk to Destiny.

It’s a novel about a young woman who makes it out of gang and criminal life to become a successful business leader. It’s available to order through publisher Penit Publications here. 

Deception 3

The “bad” girls get or end up marrying the “good” guys (vice versa).

Chimezie Ihekuna

Apparently, this is becoming an en vogue statement in utterances of many youths today. A question that should come to us is: “what results will the combination of colours white and black give”?

The term’s ‘bad’ as used in ‘bad’ girls and ‘good’ guys as used in ‘good’ guys will have to be looked into ‘bad’ as seen by the society is an a adjective describing certain actions which are not morally acceptable and possess more demerits than merits. On the other hand, the term ‘good’ refers to description of actions which are acceptable by the society and possess more merits than demerits. Therefore, the ‘good’ guys ore those who are morally upright and possess qualities that are encouraging the reverse is the case in the recognition of ‘bad’ girls.

There is a need to digress a bit. Some people say that ‘bad’ girls make good wives than ‘good’ girls; ‘bad’ guys make good husbands than ‘good’ guys. Tell me, how possible is it?

A ‘bad’ guy who had lived an age of fruitless youthful exuberance, a middle age of insecurity and doubt and if particularly not careful, will live an old age of regrets will suddenly make a good husband! ? It takes special grace and sheer determination to turn a new leaf.

We are looking at two deception-defined statements: The ‘bad’ girls get or end up marrying the ‘good’ guys and the ‘good’ girls get or end up marrying the ‘good’ guys”.

 

The “Bad” Girls Get Or End Up Marrying The “Good” Guys

Sometimes, it is fascinating to juxtapose these statements “like begets like” and “The ‘bad’ girls get or end up marrying the ‘good’ guys”. What a contradiction but they are used to address the same issue. What an irony!

Tell me, can an armed robber agree to go on a mission with a philanthropist? Can a mad man dance naked with a mentally alright man?

Most people end up marrying their type for instance, a club girl will likely end up having intimate relationship or even marrying a club guy.

Tentatively, it is observed that ‘bad’ girls do keep the company of ‘good’ guys, even marry them. Typically, it is like the motorist who observes a water logged express – way that is realistically a free path-way. Yet, people are of this “mirage” view. Only if they can motor a little closer, probably this view could have been realistically approached. How?

The following give the realistically approached observation made to the observed mirage, the statement “The ‘bad’ or end up marrying the ‘good’ guys”. Before the observation can be recognized, we must consider the apparent reasons this statement is fast becoming a household name.

Precisely, what would make ‘bad’ girl, after engaging not only failed relationships, slept with quite a number of men and done other defying acts in the past but also exhibited infidelity involve herself in a relatively steady relationship?. Three major reasons are involved (At this point, I stand to be corrected)

(1)  She is not physically attractive or appealing to her “made clients”, boyfriend, as bed mates owing to the emergence of younger and sexually appealing ladies.

(2)  Age is not on her side: Her biological clock is ticking against her “get involved in a relationship, even if it means pretending!”

(3)  She really wants to have children of her own (on inferred consequence of (2).

The realistically approached observations are:

(1)  The so-called “good” guys were once ‘bad’ but had turned a new leaf. Therefore, they anticipate the so-called ‘bad’ girls to do the same, whether married or not.

(2)  At same point in their lives, perhaps, their growing years, the ‘good’, though wanted to express a level of youth exuberance, were demised such “opportunity”. They did appreciate ladies who were wild and very flamboyant but were given the iron-hand discipline. Hence, the so-called ‘good’ description. Although this is not usually the case realistically, it speaks out a possibility as to the apparently observed statement. In a relationship or marriage, a ‘good’ guy with such a background may be with the so-called ‘bad lady.

(3)           Quite alright, the ‘good’ guy could be indeed very good in thoughts and intentions and end up being in a serious relationship with or even ending up marrying his selected ‘bad’ girls. If she eventually becomes a “bad girl-turned-good”, as the saying goes, you reap what you sow, there is a likelihood that if married, the ‘good’ guy could turn bad, which is, flirting and doing other unpleasant things that defy matrimony. We hear of some cases where husbands who were of good behaviour from the days of their youth suddenly becoming a torn in the flesh of their wives” were once “bad”, they decided to give up such a never-prospective lifestyle! Interestingly the good-turned-bad guys claim love their wives. Then, why the imbalance.

(4)           Some :good” guys who are proudly principled get married to or involve themselves in serious relationships with the so-called ;bad girls are faithful and keen to stand by their once-upon-a time ‘bad’ girls (wives or fiancés) through thick and thin. However, if you believe in the natural law of karma, do you think the ‘evils’ committed by the then “bad” girl won’t replicate themselves in the lives of their growing children? The answer is up to you!

(5)           Like a magnetic force field, “bad” girls, if they persist in their attitude, realistically change the  attracted “good” guys to their taste whether married or not just as invitation of members into a group takes place, so is the attitude of the so-called ‘bad’ girls influencing the character of the ‘good’ guys, initiating them not a complete world of ‘bad recognition”

(6)           Can a ‘bad’ girl who had lived a age of goalless youthful exuberance, middle age of doubt and insecurity and if not willing to change will live an old age of regrets suddenly becomes a (good) wife, let alone a caring mother? Next, we move to the second statement:

  

The “Good” girls end up marrying or getting the “Bad” guys

We seldom hear of hardened gangsters involving themselves in serious relationship or marrying morally responsible ladies. How possible is that? Choice! But a blindfolded one! Nonetheless, it does not change the fact that most “bad” guys generally end up marrying or getting the ‘bad’ girls. What about exceptional cases of ‘good’ girls involving themselves in serious relationships with ‘bad’ guys and even marrying them?

The following are the realistically approach facts as to why people choose to believe the assertion “the ‘good’ girls end up getting or marrying the ’bad’ guys”

(1)           Perhaps owing to wrong decision made with respect to marrying a ‘bad’ guy if not deep-rooted in the faith of her upbringing, the ‘good’ girl as time progresses turns to the taste of the ‘bad’ guys. It takes a ‘good’ girl with wits to change a ‘bad’ guy for good.

(2)           Suppose a ‘bad’ guy married a ‘good’ girl who is a virgin, then the view that the ‘good’ girls end up marrying the ‘bad’ guys is apparently correct. Really? What happens if the then ‘bad’ guy who has exercised boundless sexual freedom with various ladies in the past is impotent and this ‘good’ virgin wife needs satisfaction and procreation?

If you suppose these view points, then it is advisable for you to re-think and clearly observe the realities as they affect people (people in your vicinity)

More About Mr. Ben:

He has written over twenty breath-taking masterpieces that cut across almost very literary category to help improve the cause, shape and existence of humanity; sexuality, business anecdotes, science, home affairs, marriage, relationships, friendship, self-help, gender issues, life matters, motivational and inspirational interests, educational/academic matters and many more…He is still counting! To his credit, he has written over forty timeless articles on the various literary categories; showcased on www.ezinearticles.com, www.articlebase.com, www.searchwarp.com, www.triond.com and other affiliate sites. His amazing writing skills, novel concepts, creative works and avid reading and communication skills have earned him a recognized membership with the following international affiliations; www.christianwriters.com, www.associationofaspiringauthors.com, www.writerface.com and other known writers’ organizations. No doubt, he is not only a writer with a difference but also an entrepreneur, investor and a philanthropist whose slogan reads ‘service to God and humanity are paramount’. .Other Publications1) Winds of Change…http://www.ebg247.com/bookdisplays/winds-change2) Life’s Twists…http://www.ebg247.com/bookdisplays/lifes-twists3) Life In Space…http://www.ebg247.com/bookdisplays/life-space4) … 

Poetry from Mahbub

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Mahbub, a Bangladeshi author and English teacher

Reunion

The word ‘Reunion’ is very sweet

We celebrate the word in so many ways

As the sky is decorated with so many lights

Years after years people of different section

Make the party with so many items and

Enjoy the moment head and heart

Though sudden but expected and curious

We see the recent reunion of the children with their parents

Feeling so much hilarious, joyful and emotional

Gets back a heart’s – blood to move forward

Rushing to the own place feed your children

Look Crystal Clear

There you find no bar, no chain, no hindrance

A long and wide space though living under the trees

A lesson through tension can ever be forgotten?

 

Freedom

We got freedom

Freedom to live, to say, to publish and what not

We got freedom

A freedom is so high as the sky

We got freedom from the clutch of tyranny

From the clutch of exploitation

From the use of your devil thought

You can have your dogs loving

Other pet animals useful to you

Human beings are more that

They can love you, obey you

Give you service for assistance

But he wants freedom everywhere

Any power or trick can’t defeat him

We got our freedom from Pakistan in 1971

But the fate of the common people did not change

Politicians have become more powerful making others helpless

When one minister is on the way so many jeeps run behind him

So many forces guard the one man

When many people are lying beside for want of food

When any procession goes on the way

The common die an unnatural death

We are deprived of our rights can’t say any more

They always try to hold the sits opening their poisonous teeth

We hope to see the golden Bangla in real sense

When our leaders give us the chance to sing that song?

 

Distracted Love

You went away in this ferocious mood

Never thought of that

I bought the golden sun for you

Nourished for years together

A love you can’t imagine

You went away in this tigress mood

Can it be thought any more?

You loved the one

Your heart always bent for him

O beauty, my deity, my love

I call you them so

You took sit behind him and

Went away by motorbike in the dead of night

Can it be thought before?

On the way of conversation you slapped me on my face

The world became dark to me

My whole body trembled with pain

You swam away leaving me alone on my bed

With your boyfriend waiting for you at the door

I only keep my hands on my forehead

In the meantime I see the sun rising

Morning birds surrounded all around me

Till then the sound of groaning I heard to myself

After so many years even now at this moment I can’t forget.

 

An Appeal

I like to die only loving and caring for you

My love, O my dear!

I want to get in touch of you always

Even living hundred or thousand miles away for this or that day

When my eyes will get stopped to see any more

My body will not be able to move to you

I do have my promise

To pass the whole night speaking and loving in the light of stars

Conscious, subconscious or unconscious mind for you

O my dear, behold the vast ocean

How the waves fall down one after another

My heart overflows, please advance

Hold me tight till the end ——-.

 

You Are My Poem

I never thought you would be my poem

To make a journey on the ocean, water and water

Hundreds and thousands of poems

You prevail there

You are my golden ornamental asset

Glitter in the darkness

My speech in the speechless

My sight in the sightless

My potentiality in the impotent

I fall down every time if you turn back

I become senseless if you remain silent

But sometimes silence speaks more than speeches

You are the words to flow the emotion

Through the lines of the verses

Mentality filled with the sources of glory

Lay bare in my writing script

How can I decorate?

You stand before me a complete poem.

Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh

23/06/2018

Elizabeth Hughes’ Book Periscope Column

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Precious Treasures from Grandie River by Wilton Broome

Precious Treasures from Grandie River by Wilton Broome is a fictional story about a family from Tobago. It goes through the life of Mickey and his friend when they find treasure at the Grandie River. The treasure becomes a blessing for their families and the story follows them through childhood to adult. This is an absolutely perfect book for teens and adults. I enjoyed it very much. One of the features I thought brilliant was the key in the back of the book translating the pidgin English to regular English so that the native English-speaker reader can understand. I am sure others will enjoy this as much as I have.
About the book, from the author: 

This book is a literary fiction whose setting began on the Caribbean island of Tobago, but was expanded to Europe and other parts of the world, to mimic the movements of the Caribbean peoples during the Colonial era and after the islands had gained their independence. The book contains elements of some real events, which might have been exaggerated, and were stitched together like the various pieces of fabrics in a quilted sheet in order to link together the discourse of the book. Where a portion of the book is similar to a real episode, the names of the characters have been changed, and the spellings of some of the characters and places in some conversations were intentionally misspelled in order to imitate the broken English that is commonly spoken in Trinidad and Tobago. The reader is advised not to try to associate any of the names of those characters and places to any real person or location they know, seeing that some of the real stories might not have been connected to each other, or might have been fictitious altogether and were used just to suit the narratives of this book. The work attempted to capture what life was like during the period which the book covers, and to promote national unity and racial harmony.

Precious Treasures from the Grandie River is available here from publisher Book Venture. 

Greyhound Therapy by J.R. Conway
Greyhound Therapy is a suspense/thriller that definitely will keep your adrenaline pumping from the first page to the last. Sheriff Craig is the sheriff in Sweetwater County in Wyoming for nearly 20 years. Memorial Hospital is where people are held in detention lock up when they are deemed a danger to themselves or others. The problem is the lock up area can become overwhelmed when too many people are brought in. Then two men are brought in by the police department and Sheriff Craig is called. They put them in the same lock up room and are cuffed. However things go south quickly. Get a copy of Greyhound Therapy and find out how Sheriff Craig has to deal with the problems that have just begun. Really great book! I absolutely loved it!
About the book, from the author:

There is a practice sometimes used by under-funded law enforcement departments and medical facilities where troublemakers or unwanted people with mental illnesses are put on a bus out of town to become someone else’s problem. This practice can go on for extended periods of time, the same people repeatedly getting kicked out of one county and into another.

Author JR Conway has written a book called Greyhound Therapy, which is what this practice of dumping undesirables into neighboring countries is called. The novel follows a county sheriff with a jurisdiction along an interstate, which like an artery is pumping criminals and mentally ill strangers into his community. Undermanned and overwhelmed, the sheriff is faced with an exploding population, inadequate facilities and law enforcement from other counties all the while sending more difficulties his way. Having to solve a murder that occurred in his jail, a wife who has been diagnosed with cancer and a continuous flow of transients, the sheriff must use all his ingenuity and problem solving ability as he deals with crime, personal struggles in his own life and carrying out his responsibilities to care for the transients.

This thrilling and touching novel shows that tragedy and adversity can bring people together in a common purpose of caring for what is truly important in our lives.

Greyhound Therapy is available from publisher Book Venture here. 

I Saw Leaves Last Night by Lisa Musall
I Saw Leaves Last Night is a delightfully cute children’s picture book. The story is about imagining fall leaves doing all kinds of fun things, dancing, singing, and other fun things. The pictures are bright and happy and will delight babies and small children. I enjoyed it very much.
About the author, from Lisa Musall: 
Lisa lives in a rural community in Western New York. She is a wife, mom, farmer and a full time school-based occupational therapist. In her free time, she helps her son show goats at the county fair. This is her first published book.