World of Stars by Seyoum Nigussie

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Five Things You Might Not Know About Seyoum Nigussie

1. At my best, I like going to public places such as coffee shops, pubs, festivities or any place where crowds of people are. I watch people talking or shouting or arguing, not necessarily listening much. During these occasions I like to use my imagination to develop characters and contents for my writing, such as my screenplays as well as poems.

2. When I am a bit stressed out, I do light physical exercises and walk up to hill sides or sea sides and imagine exciting thoughts and poetic verses. Then I feel relaxed and happy towards nature and life. And I return home with certain ideas and materials to write about.

3. Whenever I write, I consume so much coffee and coffee keeps me doing what I do (writing) for too long until I get tired. I enjoy a beverage such as alcohol once a week with friends. I try to be a sociable and easy going person.

4. Whenever I find an idea and subject matter to write about, I sit calmly and silently alone and meditate on the subject before writing it. When I meditate on what to write, I see the whole scenario and contents streaming through my mind. I become able to visualize ideas and issues like on a video clip or like a movie set.

5. Whenever there are political activities and elections, I go out and volunteer for candidates I think are good for the people. The reason why I participate in politics is, politics affects everybody whether they like it or not, and whether they vote or not. Those who noticed me participating in political activities tell me I am political animal.

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.

Read an Excerpt

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.

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.

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