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For Art, English, Literature, Philosophy & Sociology Teachers & Professors Usiku's work is magnificently written. He has an amazing mastery of the English language and his nature imagery is especially breathtaking. D. Ash, Editor, Expanded Horizons Nominated for a 2008 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry. Throughout the pages of Eloquence: Rhythm & Renaissance you'll find literary devices such as examples of simile, metaphor, imagery, symbolism, allusion, allegory, alliteration, rhyming poetry, internal rhyme and various rhyme schemes. Eloquence is layered writing that is suitable for classroom instruction to promote critical thinking and analysis. The title poem, “Eloquence,” is an allegory about a child, her parents and the community. It is also about the birth of art and how it affects us all. Lastly it shows the similarities between children, creativity, life and art. Here are a few excerpts: Eloquence Imagination, Faith, Freedom & LoveJoy fashioned a child... Some Dreams See So Real... Teaches responsibility and concern about caring for our planet. Eloquence stirred my imagination. Cynthia R., Chicago, IL Cool People Friendships and the qualities people good for our lives possess. Why We Need Peach Trees & Kids Lighthearted look at a father and son as they explore their backyard and a peach tree. They discover everyone and everything has something to contribute. Eloquence is dedicated to teachers everywhere and in all forms: Mrs. Waller, you must have known that in the journal there was a voice.Dr. Hagood, “Mr. Nacirema,” thank you for keeping curiosity and challenge in the process. Any person whose objective appreciation, public praise and encouragement is the lesson.Teachers inspire reachers View additional poems, short stories and book reviews. Encouragement: The Gift Opener (From Writer's Whirlpool) In high school, I was terrified of taking an English class from one particular teacher. I heard she was hard from student informants. I doubted my ability to comprehend and keep up with the concepts, the teacher and the really smart students. I tried to get out of it but couldn’t. I planned to do the minimum until I learned we had to write something everyday in a journal, let her read it, criticize it and grade it. Me? Write daily about something personal and let someone more knowing than me read it? I feared not graduating more than I feared not being good enough. I rambled through the routine, wrote whatever and gambled with true feelings. In return, I received praise, encouragement, silence, gentle guidance and freedom to write my thoughts my way. Needless to say, writing then has helped writing now because that journal assignment was much more than an English lesson. It has helped shape my acceptance of this and other gifts as the purest form of praise to the Great Giver of Gifts. It opened my confidence, self view and worldview just enough. I learned another method to understand and communicate with myself and others. Encouragement in any form is a gift opener. We do angelic things when we consider the needs of others. Serenity Serene (From Writer's Whirlpool) I love nature-soft sounds. I'm adrift. Deep breaths lift me into the space above dancing grasses and waving trees. The evening wind tickles the garden and brushes me playfully. Insects announce the changing of guarding lights and that rain is almost ready. The moisture-laced aroma wakens memories like the smell of baking bread. Sprinkles drizzle through colander clouds streaking the soft pale blue. I love the exchange of emptying and filling, hunger slowly fed, sinking into rest, and dusk driven flowers awakening to accent the dimming light and to feed creatures of the night.Teachers with school e-mail addresses may receive the e-book at no charge in exchange for feedback
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Eloquence screams poeticly, Be an individual! Be an original!It's time to stop believing our individuality and originality don't matter.
What we succeed at or succumb to individually, affects the momentum and magnificence of the world.