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.
Welcome to the September 17th stop on the blog tour for World of Stars by Seyoum Nigussie with Goddess Fish Promotions. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for exclusive excerpt spotlights, reviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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About the Book
World of Stars
by Seyoum Nigussie
Published 3 June 2021
Tellwell Talent
Genre: Poetry
Page Count: 142
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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
Flowers in My Vase
With little glance and with little gaze
I notice so precious thing to my face,
Those are beautiful flowers in my vase,
They invite me to feel a new phase.
When I look at flowers in my vase
I start feeling like a living grace.
When I look at flowers in my vase
My heart slowly starts up to brace.
If what ever I make is not to break
The best thing I can do is to remake.
When I look at flowers in my vase
I love life even when it is a digress.
Precious thing I have on this earth
Flowers in my vase make me breath.
When I look at flowers in my vase
I look forward to moral interfaith.
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.
Giveaway Alert!
Seyoum Nigussie will be awarding a 15 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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| Sept 10 | Long and Short Reviews | Sept 13 | Literary Gold |
| Sept 14 | Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read | Sept 15 | All the Ups and Downs |
| Sept 16 | Fabulous and Brunette | Sept 17 | Westveil Publishing |
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Sounds like a good read.
Thank you, Rita! Have a nice weekend!
What a perfect cover for this collection
Thank you, Sionnan! I agree with you, the cover has the scope of captured the contents of the book.
Thank you, Sionnan! I agree with you, the cover has captured the scope of the contents in the book.
I really like the cover and the excerpt.
Thank you, Sherry! Today’s is my last blog tour for this round. I hope there would be another round to connect with you. Have a nice weekend!