Seven Distant Chantings
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He loved this woman and she was the only one he had ever loved
he loved her so deeply that this love was like a potion which flowed continuously through his blood vessels
he loved her more than the sun or the moon
or the feel of a running horse beneath him when leaping long/
over a wide chasm
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About the Book
Seven Distant Chantings presents a collection of seven poems of various length written in free verse over a period of fifty years. The poems are essentially distilled selections from previous works of poetry and poetic stories, revised to varying degrees to accommodate their condensing in their re-presentation. The dates of original publication appear at the conclusion of each work, along with the current date of the revised shorter form of the texts. Several of the poems involve historical figures whose stories are presented with poetic license rather like the degree of fictionalization one encounters in a historical novel.
The common ground of these highly varied works—their underlying spiritual theme—is human dignity hallowed by the presence of the divine throughout all the struggles, aspirations, and vicissitudes attendant on the experience of life and love, good and evil, seeking fulfillment and facing death. Humans are remarkable beings; we precariously carry immortal dreams like treasure within the journey of our mortal limitations.
About the Author
Joe Tuwemi is the author of The Seventh Song, published by Archway in 2021. Joe Tuwemi is a nom de plume.