Aberjhani
Aberjhani
American-born author Aberjhani is an historian, columnist, novelist, poet, and editor. Although well known for his blog articles on literature and politics, he is perhaps best known as co-author of Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance and author of The River of Winged Dreams. The encyclopedia won a Choice Academic Title Award in 2004...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 July 1957
CitySavannah, GA
CountryUnited States of America
In your hands winter is a book with cloud pages that snow pearls of love.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was a manifestation of hope that humanity might one day get out of its own way by finding the courage to realize that love and nonviolence are not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.
Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.
This world’s anguish is no different from the love we insist on holding back.
Now come the whispers bearing bouquets of moonbeams and sunlight tremblings.
Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.
This rose of pearl-coated infinity transforms the diseased slums of a broken heart into a palace made of psalms and gold.
Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.
Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine.
Searching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart.
Change is one of the scariest things in the world and yet it is also one of those variables of human existence that no one can avoid.
To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.
When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are extraordinary.
The ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi's poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.