Aberjhani

After hanging around a lot of talented visual artists for quite a few years, I suppose it was just a matter of time before I tried my hand at creating some art of my own:

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/p...

Hello Everyone--

I tried sending friends a message to share a new quote in honor of National Poetry Month but for some reason I couldn't. So those who might be interested in checking it out can do so at this url:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7581...

Thank you to the folks who so kindly suggested questions for the DARE TO LOVE YOURSELF quiz. I felt like 10 was probably the most we should go with (as we did with the previous quizzes) for this platform. So here they are just in time for Poem in Your Pocket Day 2015 #pocketpoem :

https://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/111...

As promised, if you're into the inspiring poets, artists, novelists,musicians, educators, entertainers and leaders that make the Harlem Renaissance such an unforgettable event you can check out the new quiz on it right here:

https://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/111...

So you may have seen where we added a quiz on Goodreads for ELEMENTAL The Power of Illuminated Love. That one turned out so well that we're working on one for Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance that should be posted very soon.

National Poetry Month 2015 has turned out to be a very busy one. Fortunately my interview with the editors of Poetry Life & times was done just before things turned hectic. If you haven't had a chance to check it out you can do so at this url:

http://www.artvilla.com/plt/poetry-li...

They also published one of my more recent poems here:
http://www.artvilla.com/plt/rainbow-s...

Enjoy.

Hi Aberjhani,

Thanks for your kind comments regarding my music. I have a passion both for music and for writing. (I guess you could say I'm schizophrenic.) Right now I'm concentrating on writing (I haven't touched a keyboard in a year.) But next year I hope to focus a little more on music.

I enjoy your prose and poetry. You have a great gift!

--John

Thank you for your kind comment. I have always had trouble concentrating on one area, as many people do in their studies. I think that knowing a little bit about many different subjects makes life much more interesting!

Thank you to the Goodreads staff for hosting the book giveaway competition for Journey through the Power of the Rainbow Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry and also to everyone who signed up for a copy. We could not accommodate every single request but I am happy to congratulate those who won. There's talk about putting out a hardback gift edition so maybe there will be another giveaway as well. Thank you again. In addition, the paperback is now available through Amazon and other outlets.

Thank you Aberjhani for sharing some quotes :)

Free sample
http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/3...

That last quote was a good one. Thanks! :)

Richard wrote: "Aberjhani, Thank you for accepting the friend request!"

Likewise Richard--Thank you for the gracious invite.

Aberjhani, Thank you for accepting the friend request!

Author-Poet, greetings from the Caribbean! Thank you for the Goodreads connection, and looking forward to your reviews and recommendations!

THE HOUR OF PRESIDENTS AND POETS



The 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/20...


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/viewartic...

Aberjhani

What a wonderful trailer, so inspiring. Thanks for the invite.

Happy 2009 to you

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

http://thesop.org/index.php?article=8606

Dear Poet
Have a great all Hallows
best wishes to your family

http://www.whisperscastle.com/PageFNS...

thank you that book sounds cool Michele

thanks

Cool picture and thanks for the ad, Michele Marchetti
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http://myspace.com/discoverytoysmichelem
Looking for pt/ft help nationwide

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/viewa...

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

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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:
http://hauntedhousedressing.com/signe...

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

http://www.esnips.com/doc/77626991-82...

Have a great christmas or if you do not celebrate that have a great winter
http://www.banjobunny.com/card...

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ujQf...

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...

Wow! Thanks for the Benton info. I can think of so meny people to share that with. :)Jo

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.

Thanks for inviting me to be a friend.

“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.