Hi, lovelies!! It gives me great pleasure today to host Seyoum Nigussie and their new book, “World of Stars,” here on FAB!! For other stops on the Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
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World of Stars
by Seyoum Nigussie
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GENRE: Poetry
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BLURB:
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 TWO:
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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GUEST POST:
Describing My Book and How it Came About
The design of my book cover is an instant look at the marvelous universe with tars and humans living within it. The cosmos and nighttime stars exhibit lights adorning the cosmos and keeping the balance of the universe as harmonious. That is one aspect of the book titled as 'World of Stars' encompassing the human world as related to the universe. The cover is a snapshot of a picture of what you see is what you will get in the poems.
The beauty of the cosmos and the balance of the cosmos is barely noticed by many people, and yet, two young boys look at the sky-high stars with awe. This is another side of the coin which makes calls for 'World of Stars' to take the lead to virtues of gratitude. The beauty of the cosmos with stars full of it is driven by ideal beauty that goes around everywhere in the human world. It goes without saying there are stars in human forms.
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AUTHOR BIO:
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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CONNECT WITH SEYOUM:
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Goodreads Book Page:
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Seyoum will be awarding a $15 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a purchase is made, I may receive a small commission to help support this blog. This does not cost you anything, it just helps pay for all those fabulous community outreach projects and awesome giveaways on here**
This contest is sponsored by a third party. Fabulous and Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish Promotions. Prizes are given away by the sponsors and not Fabulous and Brunette. The featured author and Goddess Fish Promotions are solely responsible for the giveaway prize.
Seyoum ~ Good morning!! Welcome back to FAB!! It is so great to have you here again!! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour!! :)
ReplyDeleteAlly, thank you for having me here today. Thank you for your continuous support.
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great read.
ReplyDeleteRita, thank you so much for your encouraging comment. I am grateful to you about it.
DeleteThis sounds like a wonderful book.
ReplyDeleteSherry, thank you very much for your supportive comment. Very much appreciated.
DeleteI like poems and I'm really looking forward to reading them.
ReplyDeleteGreat post and excerpt, World of Stars sounds like an excellent read for me to enjoy and I like the cover! Thanks for sharing it with me and have a sunshiny day!
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