Ben Ahmad Ali was born in Manhattan, New York City where he graduated from Parson's School Of Art & Design. His etchings and prints have been exhibited and won numerous awards. His verse has appeared in Cider Press Review, Beggars Press Review, Wild Angels Poetry Review, Poetic Voices among others. His first music CD with spoken word is to be released in Spring 2006. He presently lives between New York City and West Palm Beach. A Bee From Divine Unity is his first book.

A Bee From Divine Unity

A Bee From Divine Unity
This collection of verse is a rare, unique and surreal view of New York City. A Bee From Divine Unity started as a collection of elegies to a girlfriend who died from cerebral meningitis on Santorini. Since then the collection became divided into three sections; A Full Brooklyn Moon, Amulets From Earth and ends with the series to his girlfriend, A Bee From Divine Unity. A Bee From Divine Unity is a series of surreal and lush landscapes that could lead to the Lower East Side of Manhattan or to Bhaktapur in Nepal. Within this collection Ben covers a wide range of territory, from lovers who met on the 7 train going to see a lunar eclipse to the funeral of his girlfriend, from the rush hour crowd who stand hypnotized by a silver mime at Grand Central Station to the only statue of Jesus found at roadside vendor at the ganges. This work offers readers a chance to see a new voice in the ever growing fabric of contemporary American non-fiction. Please check out the website for more info, sample verse and images.

A Bee From Divine Unity