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Title: In My Eyes
Genre: Street Poetry
Author: By Juelz
Copyright 2010
60 pages
ISBN: 978061542407
Juelz Publishing
Review by LB Sedlacek
Juelz put together this book of poems as a way to reach out to youth like him. He starts off this collection with a poem about growth. He follows that with a poem about being chosen by God and what his purpose should be. He has set himself the task of inspiring others from the start and he has done that so well.
From the poem “When my star dropped”: “I stared into the night time sky, I guess wondering why. No / tears, my eyes dry, wondering who we are, then I looked / over and noticed a star.” Juelz writes in a completely modern relatable way. His words are like a chorus of real life plus hope. Every line sizzles with good intentions.
From the poem “Struggle”: “My life is a struggle and I eat off my hustle. The concrete / I walk on is as hard as the souls of the youth.” His poetry obviously means something to him and he wants it to mean something to his readers, too.
The book is divided into 5 chapters. Original photos of the author are interspersed throughout.
From the poem “Violence and Guns”: “Five bullets, stuffed snug in a cold clip, compressed into a / handle with a comfortable rubber grip. The pain this can / cause is more than you can imagine, our young left dead.” Juelz’s poems cut right to the heart, his words are meant to touch and to transform.
These poems dwell on suffering, but also encourage change. He forces us to see for the first time maybe things we wish to avoid or pretend aren’t really happening. Each word has purpose.
The poems are mostly written in free verse, prose with some rhyming. They are well suited for most all ages. Plus they are relatable poems you can understand.
Juelz inspires with these poems with a message that is loud and clear. He brings the verse home, and that’s not always easy to do.
“In My Eyes” is his first poetry collection. “In My Eyes II” and “In My Little Eyes” are the follow up books.
~LB Sedlacek is the author of the poetry collections “I’m No ROBOT,” “Words and Bones,” “Simultaneous Submissions,” “The Adventures of Stick People on Cars,” and “The Poet Next Door.” Her first short story collection came out last year entitled “Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories.” Her mystery novel “The Glass River” was nominated for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. She writes poetry reviews for “The Poetry Market Ezine” www.thepoetrymarket.com You can find out more about her at www.lbsedlacek.com
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TITLE OF YOUR BOOK: Tales2Inspire ~ The Diamond Collection Series II (a double header
combining all the stories published in the Ruby and Sapphire Collections)
NAME (AUTHOR OF BOOK): Anthology of short stories written both by Lois W. Stern (Publisher) and winning authors of her Tales2Inspire® contest)
GENRE OR CATEGORY: Anthology of Non-fiction, inspiring short stories
ISBN-10: 1507618050
ISBN-13: 978-1507618059
ASIN: B0186FC73S
FORMATS: Paperback, Kindle, PDF
PAGE COUNT: 229
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REVIEWER’S BYLINE: Linda Maria Frank, Author of the Annie Tillery Mystery Series
AUTHOR/PUBLISHER BIO:
Lois W. Stern is a multi award-winning author whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsday, Barnard Magazine, on Local Access TV, and in live presentations in an assortment of varied venues. She has now published ten Tales2Inspire® books of her contest winners' stories. Fans of Chicken Soup for the Soul are particularly enamored of Tales2Inspire® books because, aside from their dynamic inspirational themes, they are filled with original photos to enhance the power of each story. Lois invites interested readers to get a FREE Tales2Inspire® sampler book at: www.tales2inspire.com/gifts and to learn more about entering the next Tales2Inspire contest at: https://tales2inspire.com/contest-2/.
She is also a regular contributor to this blog.
E-MAIL ADDRESS: tales2Inspire@optimum.net
FAVORITE LINKS:
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Title: Ignition Point
Author: By Gary Beck
Publisher: Cyberwit Press
116 Pages
Copyright 2021
ISBN: 978-93-90601-02-8
http://www.cyberwit.net
Reviewed by LB Sedlacek
Beck’s passion for poetry leaps off the pages in this new poetry collection. Each poem covers a real life event, observation or emotion. The words are vivid and raw, but also soothing.
From “Last Resort”: “I lost my job / when they hired a kid / at half my salary.”
From “To the Fires”: “Combustible materials / frequently fall / into the wrong hands.”
You feel like you are a part of his poetical world as you read each poem. The poems wash over you with feelings of relating to the situations in them or they come at you in a hurry making you really think about things.
From “Purchase Power”: “persistent to obtain / the promised land, / denied entry / by callous servants / of the lords of profit,”
My favorite poem from the collection was “Renewal.” Lines from the poem: “Magnolias briefly bloom / dazzling the eyes / with elegant beauty, / intoxicating the nose / with nature’s finest scent / never duplicated / in contrived laboratories.”
What ease I felt reading this poem and imagining the giant magnolia trees in my back yard where I grew up.
Life in the big city (NYC), cell phones use, and so many other interesting views fall into the rest of the poems that round out this collection.
From “Purchase Power II”: “Patrons of the art world / bid at auction / competing for masterworks / against rival appetites, efforts rewarded / by acquisition,”
There’s so much to feel, think and absorb here. This is a must have collection for your poetry shelf!
MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER
~LB Sedlacek is the author of the poetry collections “I’m No ROBOT,” “Words and Bones,” “Simultaneous Submissions,” “The Adventures of Stick People on Cars,” and “The Poet Next Door.” Her first short story collection came out last year entitled “Four Thieves of Vinegar & Other Short Stories.” Her mystery novel “The Glass River” was nominated for the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award. She writes poetry reviews for “The Poetry Market Ezine” www.thepoetrymarket.com You can find out more about her at www.lbsedlacek.com
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TITLE: Marigold
AUTHOR: William G. Howard
ISBN: 978-1-6657-0260-7 (sc); ISBN: 978-1-6657-0261-4 (e)
ASIN: B08ZSDF3NQ
PUBLISHER: Archway Publishing, March 11. 2021
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If you like your reads fast-paced, non-stop, wall-to-wall action adventure, William G. Howard’s Marigold just might be your ticket to ride. That’s especially true if you’re an aficionado of video games as so much of this novel reminds me of a multi-layered game with a wide cast of characters always on the move. They’re either chasing or being chased, constantly escaping from perilous situations with clever if often implausible gimmicks to get out of harm’s way, and it’s often difficult to know who are the good guys, who are the baddies.
Howard’s unique vision is set in the year 2270, a time in which eastern countries dominate planet earth, so Howard presents his canvas with a considerable amount of imagery drawn from the mythology of Egypt and India. But this is a world full of dangerous if useful futuristic technology, multi-layered political power struggles, and world threatening dangers ranging from viruses to nuclear bombs.
With all these moving parts and sub-plots, we get so many characters we don’t get to know any of them in any depth. All the publicity for the book focuses on “Marigold,” a half-human, half-android called an “inorganic” woman on the run as she’s suspected of murder she didn’t commit. She was created in the Lyceum Mechaniska laboratory, an inorganic built to assist individuals who have experienced emotional or physical trauma. But she’s now on the run, in danger of being terminated while being on a mission to stop a virus from being released and find the mysterious “Pink Bunny.” She’s being chased by, among others, Detective Chabox Brignadoc, who thinks Marigold might be the victim of a high-level conspiracy.
Marigold’s saga is, however, just one thread of a complex tapestry that never quits. You can’t let your attention lag for a second if you want to keep up with this adventure-on-adventure-on-adventure.
I had to admire howard’s futuristic world-building which is extremely vivid and colorful. You might be a tad disconcerted by just how all the dialogue is so formal and verbose. Still, that is a small quibble in this flood of thrills and chills and surprises, lots of surprises.
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TITLE OF BOOK: THE FLORENTINE POET
AUTHOR OF BOOK: William Bernhardt
REVIEWER’S BYLINE: Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior
MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER: Dan Millman, a former world champion athlete, gymnastics coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor, is author of 17 books read by millions of people in 29 languages. Dan teaches worldwide and has influenced people from all walks of life.
FAVORITE REVIEW:
In this engaging tale, our poet-protagonist sets out on a hero’s journey. Pietro’s passion for his angelic Sophia mirrors the author’s love affair with the written word. Whether or not poetry is your thing, this book sparkles like a jewel in a cosmic clockwork — an uplifting gift to readers everywhere.
— Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior
AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: willbern@gmail.com
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Bernhardt is the New York Times-bestselling author of over sixty novels, including the Daniel Pike legal thrillers starting with The Last Chance Lawyer.
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