Category: Poetry Publisher: Miraj Publishing Group
Type: Fiction
Pages: 50
Copyright: Aug 1 2000
A compilation of selected poems and one short story.
Yes, Remories is poetry, but from page one you know you're getting more than that. These words are meant to be read aloud. A humorous, hard-hitting body of poetry.
Whether you're hit with an open-hand or closed fist, this writers' ability to speak to the consciousness and hearts of her readers, and "awaken them to life" is a rare gift indeed.
Excerpt
From "Handbook For A Revolutionary"
So, you want to start a revolution
May I suggest a plan of action?
Start at home
With a revolutionary idea
Like wash a dish or clean up your own piss
Stop beating up your kids
And taking that which you refuse to give
What your family needs you dismis
Try a little tenderness
Still want to start a revolution?
Let me suggest a plan of action!
GET UP!
You lay in the king-size bed of your mind
Covered by the blanket of your eyes
And talk,
And talk,
And talk of dreams and ideas
Others have born & schemed
Professional Reviews
Remories: Awaken To Life
To absorb is to feel something move within you. L.D. Stewarts' book, REMORIES: Awaken To Life, is definitely worth soaking up. Her words fill the blank spaces on the page with great sincerity. I recommend this poetic trip to the young and old of all walks of life. Her poems are the equilibrist of life. Poems like "Hand Book For A Revolutionary", "And You Said Nothing" move across the sociopolitical modes of life extremes with grace and truthful bearing. Feel the experience, live the words.
Witness the REMories!
- Zamounde S. Allie, Jr., Author of "As the World Burns"
Remories:Awaken To Life
Something about this book stirred my soul...
That's the feeling I was left with upon reviewing REMORIES: Awaken To Life, the initial compilation of an expected many from the enormously gifted L.D. Stewart. Exhibiting disarming versatility, from the outset you are drawn into a mysterious, yet tantilizingly hypnotic gamut of emotions.
Ms. Stewart's poetry is thought-provoking and provokes you to act. She draws you in with poems, such as, "The Color I Want to Be", an aggressive, yet entertaining work. Her mesmerizing talents keeps you there until the very end. She further exhibits her versatility with the stort story "The Watcher." Displaying an acute understanding of the complexities of pain, religion, hope and understanding, Ms. Stewart has you gliding, embarking on new journeys with works such as "Finding Myself", "Where Are You" and "Sugar Daddy"; feeling the depths of failed love in "Moving On," and placing your life with the one who gave his in "Blood Cup." A woman "committed to the free expression of thought through poetry", L.D. needn't worry about individuals "not getting her creations." Rather, she'll need a bat or suit of armor to fight off those who'll fervently embrace it.
- William F. Cooper, Author of "Six Days In January
Remories:Awaken To Life
Words of love, hope, pain and self-discovery punctuate the poetry of the talented L.D. Stewart in her book REMORIES: Awaken To Life. Her well-crafted words beckon you to consider the world in which we live and the many emotions we encounter each day. Her poetry ranges from social commentary in "Handbook For a Revolutionary" to cultural issues in "Dread Lock Dream" and "The Color I Want To Be." She covers other themes about relationships and lost love in "Moving On" and "love's laundry." Ms. Stewart has definitely awakened to life and her work will stir your soul and give you that needed nudge to shake you from your poetically deprived complacency.
- Memphis Vaughan, Jr.. Editor, TimBookTu
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).