Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela aka 'Madiba or Tata: Nelson Mandela's Poetry, Poems, Quotes, and Prose

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Tables of Content
1, Purest Form of Gold: A Long Journey to Freedom Day
2. What is like to be Free? Nelson Mandela’s Freedom
3, Awupatha: We Shall Not Be Dominated
4. Robben Island
5. Life Celebration
6. Tribute to all the Comrades:
Mandela Pays Tribute to the Martyrs of the Struggle
7. Rolihlahla, the “Troublemaker” for the Right Cause
8. Robben Island: Thrown into the Heart of Darkness
9. Robben Island: From Darkness to Light
10. Men Made of Gold: My Respect and Tribute
11. God Bless Africa!
12. Apartheid: The Idiocy of It All
13. Bullies’ Indignities: Down with all Bullies
14. Time to Breathe Fresh

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Extracts and Passages of the Oprah Winfrey's Eulogy for Rosa Parks

Oprah Winfrey's Eulogy For Rosa Parks

Oprah Winfrey's Eulogy for Rosa Parks

Reverend Braxton, family, friends, admirers, and this amazing choir:

I -- I feel it an honor to be here to come and say a final goodbye. I grew up in the South, and Rosa Parks was a hero to me long before I recognized and understood the power and impact that her life embodied. I remember my father telling me about this colored woman who had refused to give up her seat. And in my child's mind, I thought, "She must be really big." I thought she must be at least a hundred feet tall. I imagined her being stalwart and strong and carrying a shield to hold back the white folks. And then I grew up and had the esteemed honor of meeting her. And wasn't that a surprise. Here was this petite, almost delicate lady who was the personification of grace and goodness. And I thanked her then. I said, "Thank you," for myself and for every colored girl, every colored boy, who didn't have heroes who were celebrated. I thanked her then.

And after our first meeting I realized that God uses good people to do great things. And I'm here today to say a final thank you, Sister Rosa, for being a great woman who used your life to serve, to serve us all. That day that you refused to give up your seat on the bus, you, Sister Rosa, changed the trajectory of my life and the lives of so many other people in the world. I would not be standing here today nor standing where I stand every day had she not chosen to sit down. I know that. I know that. I know that. I know that, and I honor that. Had she not chosen to say we shall not -- we shall not be moved.

So I thank you again, Sister Rosa, for not only confronting the one white man who[se] seat you took, not only confronting the bus driver, not only for confronting the law, but for confronting history, a history that for 400 years said that you were not even worthy of a glance, certainly no consideration. I thank you for not moving.

And in that moment when you resolved to stay in that seat, you reclaimed your humanity and you gave us all back a piece of our own. I thank you for that. I thank you for acting without concern. I often thought about what that took, knowing the climate of the times and what could have happened to you, what it took to stay seated. You acted without concern for yourself and made life better for us all. We shall not be moved. I marvel at your will. I celebrate your strength to this day. And I am forever grateful, Sister Rosa, for your courage, your conviction. I owe you to succeed. I will not be moved.

Oprah Winfrey's Eulogy For Rosa Parks

Nelson Mandela Inspired by Invictus (Unconquered) , Poem by William Ernest Henley

Here is a copy of the poem that inspired Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment at Robben Island for 18 years. It was written by William Earnest Henley from his hospital bed. Our research showed that the poem provided Nelson Mandela with the much needed hope he needed. He knew that he would be free some day the same way that William E. Henley triumphed over the amputation of his leg.

What a lot of people have not realized is that Nelson Mandela and his prison mates used their captivity to educate themselves. Many of them obtained many advanced degrees in captivity. In particular, Nelson Mandela enjoyed literature, the study of English, the classics. He was used to participating in a seasonal play. He practiced his thespian skills. In the movie Invictus, encouraging his team, Nelson Mandela hand-wrote it for the captain of the rugby team.


INVICTUS (Latin for Unconquered or Awupatha)
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.


Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

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Book Review



Tables of Content
1, Purest Form of Gold: A Long Journey to Freedom Day
2. What is like to be Free? Nelson Mandela’s Freedom
3, Awupatha: We Shall Not Be Dominated
4. Robben Island
5. Life Celebration
6. Tribute to all the Comrades:
Mandela Pays Tribute to the Martyrs of the Struggle
7. Rolihlahla, the “Troublemaker” for the Right Cause
8. Robben Island: Thrown into the Heart of Darkness
9. Robben Island: From Darkness to Light
10. Men Made of Gold: My Respect and Tribute
11. God Bless Africa!
12. Apartheid: The Idiocy of It All
13. Bullies’ Indignities: Down with all Bullies
14. Time to Breathe Fresh

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Steve Jobs' Poetic Biography, Business Principles, Acumen and Decisions, How to Live Before You Die, and Reality Distortion Theory Field

The world has lost a great mind, a wonderful innovator, a competitor for sure, but a great pitchman!

Steve Jobs left us with some great gadgets such as the iphone, ipod, and iPad. But his life and example are full of lessons, words of wisdom for the business people and contemporary entrepreneurs.

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If you like Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, you will also like this ebook, "Steve Jobs’ Poetic Biography, Business Principles and Decisions: How to Live Before Dying, Acumen, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship"

"Steve Jobs’ Poetic Biography, Business Principles and Decisions: How to Live Before Dying, Acumen, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship" is a book based on the public life and business acumen of the Apple Co-founder and icon. Through his product design, focus, and presentations, Steve Jobs had a profound impact not only on the Tech industry but also on many other fields such as marketing, showmanship, product design, architecture, poetry, spirituality, and entrepreneurship. This book is designed to help the young entrepreneurs and students of business understand what is important to consumers and related consumer experience

A New Poem on Occupy Wall Street by Drew Dellinger

Occupy Wall Street
by Drew Dellinger


We need global
citizens for some sit-ins
again.
I say we all meet
on Wall Street
and lock down--
lock the whole block down!



I take exception to the rule
of the greedy and the cruel.

This fall, school’s in session
and the lesson is Wall Street.
It’s time for action
and your name’s on the call sheet.
It’s time we all meet
and name what it is:
the game has been rigged
to enrich corporate
business interests that sent this economy spinning.
Charlie Sheen is not the only clueless dude that thinks he’s winning.

See, the one percent done spent all the rent.
And now the rent’s due, so we’re coming to a tent near you.

We’re the like-minded ninety-nine percent
standing up to corruption with loving dissent.

We stand for justice,
and the future,
and all of humanity.
Embracing all people.
Yes, even Sean Hannity.

The message is simple:
greed, injustice, and eco-destruction have to go.
Pay attention corporate media. We’ll try to say it slow.

It’s time to
rock the nation,
rock this occupation.

It’s time for people to peacefully fight back.
Tell Congress and the media we’re taking the mic back.

Tell the jaded it’s that long-awaited revolution.
Put away the pepper spray and re-read the Constitution.
These cops are paid to go crazy, yo.
But we’re peaceful.
Don’t tase me, bro.

We came to incite insight,
unite and discuss this.
We came to hang, and to bang the drums of justice.

Let’s occupy
with our love and our light.

Let’s occupy
the earth and the sky,
and live with all beings
as a planet-wide tribe.

Occupy the divine mind residing inside.

See, I’m the type writer
that’s known to light fires
and prone to inspire
the moment’s own higher desire.

‘Cause history knows it’s the time
for resisting the team at the scene of the crime.

Tell your friends I’ll meet ‘em there at Freedom Square.
They can’t stop us, from Seattle to Chiapas.
It’s our mission to envision
what comes after the catastrophe.
How do we move past
the capitalist disaster?

Our communities need us.
We are all leaders.

How could we ask for anything less than the future?


--Drew Dellinger

LupeFiasco.com (Lupe Fiasco) Sent 50 Tents to OccupyWallStreet and Wrote Poem

Poem by Lupe Fiasco:

Hey Moneyman by Lupe Fiasco

Hey Moneyman the crowd is outside. The past, the future and the now is outside. The teachers and cooks and the drop-outs too. Word on the street is they looking for you…

Hey Moneyman they saying whats the score? And how much blood have you spilled on the butcher shop floor? Those numbers keep running but what they running into? The crowd is outside and they asking of you…

Hey Moneyman Moneyman the mayors' on the phone. He says he wants to know if all those people went home. Those momma's and poppa's and students and cooks. Those teachers and preachers, one second I'll look…

Hey Moneyman Moneyman the tents are still up, the songs are still singing and the coffee's in cups. The nights due to fall and the sun's going down but its still a whole mess of good folks hanging round...

They eyes are wide and their voices are loud. Its white and black and colorless proud. The signs are big and the smiles are bright. By heaven I reckon its gone be one hell of a night!

Hey Moneyman poor Moneyman you should slip out the back. Cuz the forces of greed are under attack. No bombs or bullets or rocks or guns. Just hashtag's and voices at the tops of their lungs!

And Moneyman Moneyman I wont need a ride. But if you need me…

You can find me outside.

By Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco


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Welcome to the Poetry of Occupy Wall Street! Welcome to the financial capital of the United States of America and the World!

Purchase a PDF copy of "The Wall Street's Human Microphone Waves" Poetry and Song Lyrics Book for $5.00 now

Since Sept. 17,2011, large groups of demonstrators have been protesting against what they perceive to be the overt shameless corporate American greed. They are fed up by the rapaciousness of Wall Street, inattention and ungratefulness of the large banks that received large sums of money under the TARP that bailed them out of economic, financial crises during the early days of the recession only to turn back and hit the same tax payers with bank fees and sorts of money schemes. What is worse is that the bank presidents and higher officials are rewarded for their work with large bonuses ranging in the millions of dollars.

What is Occupy Wall Street all about?

“#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City
Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy.”

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Here is a sample of this poetry book:

This poem was written by the author of "...Soaring on Wings Like Eagles..," "Freedom Rides to sweet Magnolia..,"

A Dream Deferred
Debt is slavery!
Its yoke the 99% is ready to break once for all
People not Profits! Down with Corporate Greed!
Remember the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP)!
Listen to the voice of the people on the streets
Why have you refused to help us
It is your turn to step up to the plate
Bankers, pay back your debt to the tax payers
And to the millions of families who do not want to be foreclosed on
Homelessness is inhumane
Joblessness can lead to all kinds of vices and temptations
Let us reclaim our voice and ‘hood from Wall Street to Detroit,
From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to India
These hill-side shantytowns are no better than the ghettos
Of Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago
The wilderness is reclaiming the land; inhabitants are fleeing the physical degradation
They are making their last stand against economic injustice
The 99% has had enough. Main Street is asking Wall Street to repay its debts
Who is out there to listen to their cry of agony and humiliation?
We are getting on the economic freedom rides
Help us get free from debt, foreclosure. Give hope to our young and educated children
Help us! Help! Help! We are drowning in the filth on the streets!
Won’t you come down from your highrise to witness the misery we are vegetating in?
We are cold and hungry. Do not let the human voice¸ the human microphone disappear

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Purchase a PDF copy of "The Wall Street's Human Microphone Waves" Poetry and Song Lyrics Book for $5.00 now

Since Sept. 17,2011, large groups of demonstrators have been protesting against what they perceive to be the overt shameless corporate American greed. They are fed up by the rapaciousness of Wall Street, inattention and ungratefulness of the large banks that received large sums of money under the TARP that bailed them out of economic, financial crises during the early days of the recession only to turn back and hit the same tax payers with bank fees and sorts of money schemes. What is worse is that the bank presidents and higher officials are rewarded for their work with large bonuses ranging in the millions of dollars.

What is Occupy Wall Street all about?

“#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City
Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy.”

Having spent more than 23 days on the pavement of Wall Street, the protesters are organizing themselves to finally deliver a message to the financial world.

Protesters appear to come from all economic groups, religious, ethnic backgrounds. They are organizing themselves in general assemblies. Unable to use a microphone or bullhorns, they form what is called "waves of human microphone" which repeats what the speaker says to the rest of the assembled crowd.

Thus far, the movement has a website, www.occupywallstreet.org. It is seeking donations from volunteers. The donations can be in foods to feed the people who have been sleeping on the streets. Early scuffles with the police have not deterred them. Neither have the changing environmental elements. Just like the protesters of Tahrir Square and the Spanish acampadas, they are willing to brave the elements and police to effect change in the financial life of this country. In other words, they want to stop the monied corruption to repeat their own words.

Purchase a PDF copy of "The Wall Street's Human Microphone Waves" Poetry and Song Lyrics Book for $5.00 now

=================
Here is a sample of this poetry book:

This poem was written by the author of "...Soaring on Wings Like Eagles..," "Freedom Rides to sweet Magnolia..,"

A Dream Deferred
Debt is slavery!
Its yoke the 99% is ready to break once for all
People not Profits! Down with Corporate Greed!
Remember the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP)!
Listen to the voice of the people on the streets
Why have you refused to help us
It is your turn to step up to the plate
Bankers, pay back your debt to the tax payers
And to the millions of families who do not want to be foreclosed on
Homelessness is inhumane
Joblessness can lead to all kinds of vices and temptations
Let us reclaim our voice and ‘hood from Wall Street to Detroit,
From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to India
These hill-side shantytowns are no better than the ghettos
Of Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago
The wilderness is reclaiming the land; inhabitants are fleeing the physical degradation
They are making their last stand against economic injustice
The 99% has had enough. Main Street is asking Wall Street to repay its debts
Who is out there to listen to their cry of agony and humiliation?
We are getting on the economic freedom rides
Help us get free from debt, foreclosure. Give hope to our young and educated children
Help us! Help! Help! We are drowning in the filth on the streets!
Won’t you come down from your highrise to witness the misery we are vegetating in?
We are cold and hungry. Do not let the human voice¸ the human microphone disappear

Waves of the Human Microphone: OWS - The Poetry@Occupy Wall Street, Songs, and Lyrics of Occupy Wall Street Movement

Welcome to the Poetry of Occupy Wall Street! Welcome to the financial capital of the United States of America and the World!

Purchase a copy of Laurent Dubois Descartes's "The Wall Street's Human Microphone Waves" from Amazon Kindle right here, right now.

Purchase a copy of Laurent Dubois Descartes's The Wall Street's Human Microphone Waves from Barnes and Noble as a nook ebook

Purchase a PDF copy of "The Wall Street's Human Microphone Waves" Poetry and Song Lyrics Book for $5.00 now

Since Sept. 17,2011, large groups of demonstrators have been protesting against what they perceive to be the overt shameless corporate American greed. They are fed up by the rapaciousness of Wall Street, inattention and ungratefulness of the large banks that received large sums of money under the TARP that bailed them out of economic, financial crises during the early days of the recession only to turn back and hit the same tax payers with bank fees and sorts of money schemes. What is worse is that the bank presidents and higher officials are rewarded for their work with large bonuses ranging in the millions of dollars.

What is Occupy Wall Street all about?

“#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City
Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy.”

Having spent more than 23 days on the pavement of Wall Street, the protesters are organizing themselves to finally deliver a message to the financial world.

Protesters appear to come from all economic groups, religious, ethnic backgrounds. They are organizing themselves in general assemblies. Unable to use a microphone or bullhorns, they form what is called "waves of human microphone" which repeats what the speaker says to the rest of the assembled crowd.

Thus far, the movement has a website, www.occupywallstreet.org. It is seeking donations from volunteers. The donations can be in foods to feed the people who have been sleeping on the streets. Early scuffles with the police have not deterred them. Neither have the changing environmental elements. Just like the protesters of Tahrir Square and the Spanish acampadas, they are willing to brave the elements and police to effect change in the financial life of this country. In other words, they want to stop the monied corruption to repeat their own words.

Purchase a PDF copy of "The Wall Street's Human Microphone Waves" Poetry and Song Lyrics Book for $5.00 now

=================
Here is a sample of this poetry book:

This poem was written by the author of "...Soaring on Wings Like Eagles..," "Freedom Rides to sweet Magnolia..,"

A Dream Deferred
Debt is slavery!
Its yoke the 99% is ready to break once for all
People not Profits! Down with Corporate Greed!
Remember the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP)!
Listen to the voice of the people on the streets
Why have you refused to help us
It is your turn to step up to the plate
Bankers, pay back your debt to the tax payers
And to the millions of families who do not want to be foreclosed on
Homelessness is inhumane
Joblessness can lead to all kinds of vices and temptations
Let us reclaim our voice and ‘hood from Wall Street to Detroit,
From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to India
These hill-side shantytowns are no better than the ghettos
Of Detroit, Cleveland, and Chicago
The wilderness is reclaiming the land; inhabitants are fleeing the physical degradation
They are making their last stand against economic injustice
The 99% has had enough. Main Street is asking Wall Street to repay its debts
Who is out there to listen to their cry of agony and humiliation?
We are getting on the economic freedom rides
Help us get free from debt, foreclosure. Give hope to our young and educated children
Help us! Help! Help! We are drowning in the filth on the streets!
Won’t you come down from your highrise to witness the misery we are vegetating in?
We are cold and hungry. Do not let the human voice¸ the human microphone disappear

New Book of Poetry, Reviews, and Essays: "Top Secret Sexual Guidance and...for Married Couples, Divorced Parents, and Singles: One Hundred Popular Sex Twists and Turns and Decoding Intense Sex Dreams"

You can buy a copy of this book 'Top Secret Sexual Guidance and Fertility Tips for Married Couples, Divorced Parents, and Singles: One Hundred Sexual Twists and Turns and Decoding Intense Sex Dreams' at Barnes and Noble as a Nook book.

This is a hot book, sort of a la Zane erotica series, but the only difference is that it is a book of poems, reviews, and short essays on important subjects and topics ranging from dating, mail brides, lonely American and Canadian men and women, falling in love after divorce, the dos and dont's of dating, the new dating scene, whether it is appropriate to hire a dating coach, where to go to meet single parents, the lows of divorce court, infidelity, dumb cheating with smartphones, fertility issues, getting caught sexting while married or in a relationship, narcissism to social media preaching and building instant gratification and a me-generation etc.

Ruth Anne Lovemore and Christopher Luis Charlemagne have done a good job addressing the above mentioned topics and much more in this new book. Using their combined fields of work, psychology, psychiatry, therapy, ABS or behavior management, these two authors got tired or listening to the stories of their close friends and family members who had to go through divorce, separation and heartache. They decide to help them decipher and come to terms with the various facts of their particular cases and move on with their shattered lives. Miss Lovemore and Mr. Charlemagne present and synthesize real stories of real people who want to seek love in the wrong places and from the wrong kind of people.

The authors write about subjects such as how to make a baby, fertility issues, natural fruits and foods that boost sexual drive and may lead to pregnancy. They also show the importance of prayers and connectedness in their quest and pregnancy adventures.

This is a great read for anybody who has ever fallen in love, gotten out of love, or is thinking about dating again or getting married some day.

You will learn things that are not taught in college, business schools and universities. The authors themselves do not rely solely on their Western or pedagogic, didactic knowledge to write this book and make their recommendations. They use the school of hard knocks too.

You can buy a copy of this book 'Top Secret Sexual Guidance and Fertility Tips for Married Couples, Divorced Parents, and Singles: One Hundred Sexual Twists and Turns and Decoding Intense Sex Dreams' at Barnes and Noble as a Nook book.

Poet Laureate Philip Levine's Sample Poems: The Poet Who Influenced and Mentored Many Central Valley Poets

The New World by Philip Levine

A man roams the streets with a basket
of freestone peaches hollering, "Peaches,
peaches, yellow freestone peaches for sale."

My grandfather in his prime could outshout
the Tigers of Wrath or the factory whistles
along the river. Hamtramck hungered

for yellow freestone peaches, downriver
wakened from a dream of work, Zug Island danced
into the bright day glad to be alive.

Full-figured women in their negligees
streamed into the streets from the dark doorways
to demand in Polish or Armenian

the ripened offerings of this new world.
Josef Prisckulnick out of Dubrovitsa
to Detroit by way of Ellis Island

raised himself regally to his full height
of five feet two and transacted until
the fruit was gone into those eager hands.

Thus would there be a letter sent across
an ocean and a continent, and thus
would Sadie waken to the news of wealth

without limit in the bright and distant land,
and thus bags were packed and she set sail
for America. Some of this is true.

The women were gaunt. All day the kids dug
in the back lots searching for anything.
The place was Russia with another name.

Joe was five feet two. Dubrovitsa burned
to gray ashes the west wind carried off,
then Rovno went, then the Dnieper turned to dust.

We sat around the table telling lies
while the late light filled an empty glass.
Bread, onions, the smell of burning butter,

small white potatoes we shared with no one
because the hour was wrong, the guest was late,
and this was Michigan in 1928.

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Detroit Grease Shop Poem by Philip Levine

Four bright steel crosses,
universal joints, plucked
out of the burlap sack --
"the heart of the drive train,"
the book says. Stars
on Lemon's wooden palm,
stars that must be capped,
rolled, and anointed,
that have their orders
and their commands as he
has his.

Under the blue
hesitant light another day
at Automotive
in the city of dreams.
We're all here to count
and be counted, Lemon,
Rosie, Eugene, Luis,
and me, too young to know
this is for keeps, pinning
on my apron, rolling up
my sleeves.

The roof leaks
from yesterday's rain,
the waters gather above us
waiting for one mistake.
When a drop falls on Lemon's
corded arm, he looks at it
as though it were something
rare or mysterious
like a drop of water or
a single lucid meteor
fallen slowly from
nowhere and burning on
his skin like a tear.

Philip Levine, Former Fresno State Professor, Named U.S Poet Laureate

Mr. Levine, all of your former students are rejoicing with you! It is time that the country and the world find your works! All along, we have known what kind of work you have produced! Now the secret is out! Enjoy it to the fullest!

In 1995, Philip Levine earned a Pulitzer price for this poem, "The Simple Truth," which was based on his life experiences in Fresno. It includes the portrait of a Polish woman who used to sell produce at the corner of Fruit and Ashlan. It has been reported that the ex-Fresno State student started writing poetry as a teenager in Detroit.
"Levine began writing as a teenager in Detroit. He was inspired by poems about real life in cities and life on the battlefield during World War II.

Levine taught at Fresno State for years. He had many students there. He also taught at other prestigious universities all around the country. Philip Levine taught at Columbia, Brown and New York University. We are saying congratulations to him!

Who said that Fresno could not nurture somebody who would go on to impact the whole country and the world? Besides producing all kinds of fruit and being recognized as the fruit basket of the world, Fresno also grows great poetry. It inspires people to write poems. (Just take a look at the bottom of this page to see some of the Fresno-inspired poetry)

Philip Levine writes about the working class in his poetry. He writes about what he knows. Detroit. Born of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents, Levine saw men and women giving their sweat to be able to eat.

Levine's goal is to engage the mass by taking poetry to them, "I want to bring poetry to people who have no idea how relevant poetry is to their lives,"


What does Professor Levine intend to do with the prize and the attention he is getting on a global basis now?

He jokes that he is going to use his bully pulpit or the spotlight to bring attention to other poets who are not known by poetry readers and the rest of the world!

That is the sign of true altruism. He is thinking about helping others, just like he has done with so many former students at Fresno State, Columbia and anywhere else. He also wants to bring attention to the plight of the working class, the kind of people who people his books of poetry.

Keep writing poetry, Mr. Levine! The U.S. and the rest of the world need to hear from you!

Haitian Books of Hope: The Backbone of Haitian Faith and Resilience: Singing, Praising, and Worshipping, and Dancing...

Here is a review of this book: "Allelluia Haitian Chants of Hope and Faith: Praise to Thee, O Lord, King of Eternal Glory... is a listing of the most requested songs or hymns on ChandesperansOnline.com. It is the web site users' and authors' selections of their favorite hymns from the famous Chants d'esperance Francais et Creoles Haitiens. The authors of this release grew up singing these songs in the church and parochial schools they attended. They are songs such as "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" -"Quel Ami Fidele et Tendre Nous Avons en Jesus-Christ," "Quel Repos, Quel Repos" - "It is Well, It is Well...," etc. This book is a personal affair for the authors as they share their love of singing in French and Haitian creole..."

Sing along with Haitian Children! Canten con los chicos Haitianos. This compilation is for those who want to sing along with Haitian Children at christian venues, outreach mission trips, schools, churches and elsewhere. Some of the songs are short choruses...

Start playing some of these choruses on your guitar or piano and the Haitian children will follow you. They will sing with you. All throughout the country, these songs are are sung in most churches or revival centers.

These are songs I used to sing with the children of my Sunday school class. L'ecole du Dimanche or Sunday school can be a lot of fun with the right selection of songs.


Just in case you are interested in having more songs, here is a new book of choruses, short Haitian hymns, Lullaby and Play songs published on this link:

http://urbanbookspublishing.blogspot.com/search/label/praise%20songs

Ala Ou Gran! Ala Ou Gran! How great thou art! How great thou art! Popular Haitian Children’s Choruses, Lullaby, Haitian Creole and French Church Hymns, and Other Play Songs

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Excerpts from Nelson Mandela's Book of Quotations: "Nelson Mandela by Himself: Mandela"

Words resonate and have impact on others long after we are gone. Nelson Mandela teaches us to pay attention to our words and to refrain from using them lightly.

From the book shown above, he is a sample of his quotations

“South Africa is producing determined young people whose level of awareness is remarkably high.”
— Nelson Mandela, 8 July 1985
“The display of leadership by our youth today gives me a comfort that not all is lost.”
— Nelson Mandela, 9 July 2008
“Our children have borne the brunt of apartheid’s ravaging deprivation.”
— Nelson Mandela, 25 May 1996
“The fight against apartheid liberated all South Africans.”
— Nelson Mandela, 23 February 1996
“We have fought for peace and reconciliation, for social justice, for all men, women and children.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1 December 2004
“It is ordinary people – men and women, boys and girls – that make the world a special place.”
— Nelson Mandela, 9 July 2008
“The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future.”
— Nelson Mandela, 25 February 1990
“We are in struggle because we value life and love all humanity.”
— Nelson Mandela, 2 July 1990
“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success.”
— Nelson Mandela, 17 December 2009
“Our clean flowing rivers must be known by my grandchildren’s grandchildren.”
— Nelson Mandela, 16 November 2000
“In time, we must bestow on South Africa the greatest gift – a more humane society.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1 September 1997
“It would be an exaggeration to say I never become depressed.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1993
“There’s nothing as bad as a leader making a demand which you know can never succeed.”
— Nelson Mandela, December 1992
“Our love for children is undiminished.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1 December 2004
“My wish is that South Africans never give up on the belief in goodness.”
— Nelson Mandela, 10 May 2004
“The freedom we enjoy is a richly textured gift handcrafted by ordinary folk.”
— Nelson Mandela, 11 July 1996
“Will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of a global crisis?”
— Nelson Mandela, 11 June 2005
“When people are determined they can overcome anything.”
— Nelson Mandela,14 November 2006
“When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1994
“We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference.”
— Nelson Mandela, 8 June 2002
“A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy.”
— Nelson Mandela, 14 February 1994
“I had no specific belief except that our cause was just, was very strong. ”
— Nelson Mandela, 11 February 1994
“I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it’s there.”
— Nelson Mandela, 3 May 1993
“Difficulties break some men but make others.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1 February 1975
“Many people in this country have paid the price before me and many will pay the price after me.”
— Nelson Mandela, November 1962
“The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds.”
— Nelson Mandela, 7 June 1990
“I have never regarded any man as my superior, either in my life outside or inside prison.”
— Nelson Mandela, 12 July 1976
“In the life of any individual, family, community or society, memory is of fundamental importance.”
— Nelson Mandela, 2005
“I accepted that if you have a problem, you must face it and not gloss over it.”
— Nelson Mandela, 29 December 1992
“I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1975
“The dream of every family is to be able to live together happily in a quiet and peaceful home.”
— Nelson Mandela, 1 June 1970
“You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with.”
— Nelson Mandela, 13 August 2005
“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”
— Nelson Mandela, Closing Address 13th International Aids Conference, Durban, South Africa, 14 July 2000.

Embedded and Anchored in Him (Poem in English and Haitian Creole)

Embedded and Anchored in Him

The best is yet to come
For those who seek his face
The season of abundant blessings has begun
For those who take Him at his word
The season of healing is upon us
And those who believe in Him
The best is yet to come
For those who worship Him
Healing, peace, prosperity, triumph
Over evil and eternal glory will be our rewards

The best is yet to come
For those who put their faith in Him
The best is yet to come
For those who are weary but have not abandoned the long race
For those who have it all but are restless
The best is yet to come
For those are diligently seeking the riches from above
For those who are looking for reconciliation with our fellow men
They will not go without for God keeps his promises
He is the same yesterday, today, and for ever

Virtual healing, blessing at a distance, and protection are a few of our gains
The best is yet to come
For those who trust Him and walk by faith
The best is yet to come
For those who want to tell others about their spiritual journey
And the blessings that await them
Take Him at his word, obey Him always
For He never forsakes his children and his ways are not ours
For ever, he reigns in sovereign control of our lives
The best is yet to come for those who know how to wait on the Lord

Kreyòl Version

Nou Plante, Nou Chita Kè Pòpòz Nan Li

Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun sa yo k-ap chache figi-l
Sezon anpil benediksyon yo gen tan kòmanse
Pou moun sa yo ki pran pawòl li oseriye
Sezon gerizon yo deja rive sou nou
Epi sou moun ki kwè nan li
Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun ki adore-l
Gerizon, lapè, pwosperite, viktwa sou lemal,
Ak laglwa etènel pral vin rekonpans nou

Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun ki mete konfyans yo nan li
Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun ki bouke anpil men ki pa pèdi gwo konkou a
Pou moun ki rich anpil men ki pa gen repo nanm yo
Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun k-ap chache richès ki soti anwo
Pou moun k-ap chache rekonsilyasyon avèk tout fanm ak gason
Yo p-ap janm manke anyen paske Bondye kenbe pwomès li
Li se menm Bondye ayè, jodi-a epi pou toutan

Gerizon delwen, benediksyon ki soti byen lwen
Epi pwoteksyon se kèk nan bagay nou va genyen
Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun ki kwè-l epi ki mache palafwa
Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun ki pale ak lòt moun sou vwayaj espirityèl yo
Epi benediksyon k-ap tann yo
Nou mèt pran pawòl li oserye, toujou obeyi-l
Li pa janm abandone pitit li yo. Jan-l aji se pa konsa-n aji
Li regne pou tout letènite epi li pran tout kontwòl lavi nou
Pi bon bagay la gen pou-l rive
Pou moun k-ap tann leseyè san yo pa bay tèt yo pwoblèm

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Rosa Parks's Poem by Carole Boston Weatherford, ""December 1st, 1955: Before Rosa Altered History."

`For Southern belles who scour shops for ball gowns, not mirrored in bridge and garden club circles, the holidays are a blur of invitations. The women flock to Montgomery Fair for alterations, tucks here, gussets there and deep hems. Not even mannequins are a perfect size eight. In the whites-only fitting room, Rosa `Yes, Ma'ams' each gloved lady, then returns to the Singer, dizzy from the social whirl she tastes vicariously through customers bidding her to drape flawed figures with chiffon. Yards of silk, satin, velvet slide between needle and treadle. Beads and sequins, like missed chances, slip through her fingers. Thirty days till New Year's Eve, then five months before cotillion. For a few weeks, empty racks and room to breathe, no giggling debutantes, no gossipy matrons with coffee-stained teeth, cigarette breath and syrupy drawls. Tired of Miss Ann, Rosa anticipates quitting time, the glow of Christmas lights and the long ride home. She removes her thimble, knowing that a hoop skirt can pass through the eye of a needle easier than a colored seamstress can hold a seat on a city bus.'

Nelson Mandela's Most Famous Quotes

Here is a list of some of the most famous quotes by Nelson Mandela:


Nelson Mandela's Quotes:

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.



If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.



It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.



Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.



During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people, I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if it needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.



As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.



As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.



After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.



If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.



If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.



I learned that courage was not the abscence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.



I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.



In my country we go to prison first and then become President.



I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.



There is nothing like returning to a place that reminds unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.



Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.



Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.



There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.



How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.



I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.



I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A man does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards, but when I was notified that I had won the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Mr de Klerk, I was deeply moved. The Nobel Peace Prize had a special meaning to me because of its involvement with South African history.... The award was a tribute to all South Africans and especially to those who fought in the struggle; I would accept it on their behalf.



We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.



When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.



Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.



That was one of the things that worried me - to be raised to the position of a semi-god - because then you are no longer a human being. I wanted to be known as Mandela, a man with weaknesses, some of which are fundamental, and a man who is committed, but never the less, sometimes he fails to live up to expectations.



When I think about the past, the types of things they did, I feel angry, but then again that is my feeling. The brain always dominates, says, as I have pointed out, you have a limited time to stay on Earth. You must try and use that period to transform your country into what you desire it to be.



The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but that song gives you hope. African music is often about the aspirations of the African people, and it can ignite the political resolve of those who might otherwise be indifferent to politics.



We all felt on top of the world. It was a justification for the sacrifices which had been made by our people since the arrival of whites in this country in 1652.



I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.



As a leader...I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Oftentimes, my own opinion will simply represent a consensus of what I heard in the discussion. I always remember the axiom: a leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.


Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.


The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Civil Rights Movement Snapshots: Tribute to Cong. Hero John Lewis, Time Capsules, Faces, Freedom Rides, Freedom March, Sitting-ins, and Freedom Songs

"Singing sustains and energizes us through danger and fear. Through long days and longer nights; through cold, hard winters; and hot, fierce summers, "freedom songs" nurture us, protect us, and keep us sane. They are the expression of our ideology, and the songs we sing together are the pledge of trust and committment that we make to each other."

Black History Month: Haitian Poetry For Hard Times

Soot and Blood
by Joseph J. Charles
2010

Walking among the dead and the living is not normal

But that is the new life after this vast devastation

Dead bodies litter the streets of Carrefour, Grand Rue

Cite Soleil, Champs de Mars, Nazon, Bourdon and Delmas

The earth shakes and cracks. Homes collapse in the streets

With bare hands, parents are digging their children out of the rubbles

Kids are digging their parents out of this large-scale chaos

Crying and yelling and mourning amidst the dust of the city

The cathedral and the National Palace are in ruins

The streets are filled with traffic. Life is lived in the streets

We sleep and eat on the streets. We hope and cry. We become dazed

A cloud of dust fills the sky. What we knew is no more everywhere we look

people covered in soot and blood and with broken limbs wander

through the street, cry for help

Wails come from beneath huge piles of concrete mixed with steel bars.

They become prisoners, trapped in their own homes which also become tombs for many

Yet, the ingredients for success and a new beginning lie there in


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Poem is based on the 7.0 quake that hit Haiti. Read more about it here

Egyptians Now Know Joy and Jubilation Nelson Mandela and South Africans Experienced After Apartheid

Dance! The people of Egypt are dancing all throughout the night. They are waving their flag with pride. They are happy to be Egyptians again. Hosni Mubarak has fled. Nelson Mandela is happy that he showed the world how to fight and use non-violent means to foster change in an unjust society!

Revolutions happen when the lowest groups rise and change things at the top. Countries such as Haiti, France, Russia, Egypt, and Tunisia and many others have known and gone through real revolutions.

The Egyptian revolution is largely facilitated by the emerging power of Social networks which allow many groups of people to meet up and organize themselves. Wael Ghonim, a Google Executive on leave, has known and witnessed the power of the Social networks. Imprisoned and released, he came back to energize the crows massed at Tahir Square. Twitter, Skype, Facebook, and Google allowed communications when the Eyptian government ended Internet connections.

Nelson Mandela Back Home in Stable Conditions: Man of Change, Witness and Participant in Modern History

Nelson Mandela is doing well. He has been back home in stable conditions. The architect and giant of South Africa freedom went in for a check up. Since that day, there have been lots of speculation about his overall health. Frail in body, but strong in spirit, the former leader of the new South Africa is not ready to give up his fight to live among us and continue to inspire children as well as adults. It was interesting to see how children were affected by the news of his hospitalization. They went in to take a look at the respected old man.

Who would not want to get old this way? Nelson Mandela is their grandfather. He is our grandfather, an old man of wisdom who has seen the ravages of prejudice, hatred, and lack of empathy. But he was not willing to be only a witness to history. With his perseverance and belief in the equality of all men, he caused it to occur even to the detriments of his personal life and marriage. He offered himself as a sacrifice to the whole nation and the world.

Long live, Nelson Mandela! May you find new strengths to continue your journey of inspiration! Now that you have done all you could for us, we want to remember and support you with our well wishes, prayers, and gratitude!

You have shown the world that love conquers all and that a true hero can come in all kinds of circumstances. You rose above everything else!