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Follow on Google News | Tichaona Chinyelu, Poet, Author & CEO of WhirlWind PublishingTichaona Chinyelu, Poet,Author of In The WhirlWind and Still Living on My Feet & CEO of WhirlWind Publishing
By: Tichaona Chinyelu About Whirl Wind Publishing Whirl Wind Publishing is Tichaona Chinyelu’s publishing company and has published two books of poetry which include In The WhirlWind and Still Living on My Feet. For further information visit http://www.inthewhirldwind.com About In The WhirlWind In the Whirlwind is a poetic storm that frees history from the cages of corruption and puts it in the hands of everyday people. Words are weaved into a new fashion statement that has nothing to do with runways but everything to do with projects! In the Whirlwind is available at - Amazon.com - Authorsden.com - Oncewritten.com - Inthewhirlwind.com - Authorsbookshop.com Excerpt i weave words like a west african market woman selling you my vision, my mangoes, my papayas even my coconuts. my finished product can be held up to the sun illuminated, made to shine. the skins of my poems have been submerged in mud then laid at the bottom of the baobob tree to dry like mudcloth. the blood of my poems can be as dry as the sahara as wet as monsoons as cutting as a machete in the hands of the mau mau. i weave blood into my words: red blood, dried blood, young blood. an oversaturation of blood decorates my words makes them pulse red. my words hang from trees like the bitterest kind of strange fruit. my words find the peruvian revolutionaries murdered while hogtied and then buried in criminal secrecy. my words were inspired by rigoberta menchu i roots rock reggae with my words have them jamming to the heart beat rhythm of the warmest music. the fabric of my words is at its lightest when they’re in the dancehall or the yard. my words sweep over people like the softest caribbean breezes. my words will have you dreaming of blue skies white sands and coral reefs and while you’re dreaming i weave black people into my words and i am done. my finished product can be held up to the sun illuminated, made to shine. ©2005 Tichaona Chinyelu About Still Living on my Feet 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 within the trough of her Y chromosomes; Still Living on my Feet is available at lulu.com authorsden.com Inthewhirlwind.com Excerpt I feel the stress on my shoulders dissipating as I open up to the quiet and peace offered as a greeting from those I love. Tonight I’m not going to say no justice/no peace. Tonight I’m going to say peace be unto you; as it is unto me. To order copies of In The WhirlWind and Still Living on My Feet, please contact Tichaona Chinyelu at t.chinyelu@comcast.net In The WhirlWind ISBN-10: 0978935500 ISBN-13: 978-0978935504 Price: $9.45 Still Living on my Feet ISBN-10: 0978935519 ISBN-13: 978-0978935511 Price: $14.95 End
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