In this Book
- Beware the Drives
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
This collection of verse, which has mostly short poems, some of which are two-liners, is an outcome of several years of keen observation of the very nature of man. The observation brought this writer to the conclusion that man is dominated by fear and in his effort to conquer it, he resorts to unbridled aggression. Such aggression has been very instrumental in much of the success that humanity has been able to achieve, so far. But at the same time, the same aggression in man's nature has been responsible for the pleasure he takes in the ruthless destruction of his own kind, the environment in which he cushions himself, plants and animals.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. vii-ix
- A Poet’s Epitaph
- p. 1
- No Greater Awe
- p. 6
- Quite Depressing
- p. 7
- Fortune’s Path
- p. 8
- The Harvest
- p. 9
- Reluctant Democracy
- p. 10
- Enjoying A Symphony
- p. 10
- Leadership
- p. 10
- What Makes Them Tick
- p. 10
- Courts Must Count
- p. 11
- Appreciation
- p. 11
- Civil Slavery
- p. 12
- Soldiers of Life
- p. 12
- Bliss and Adversity
- p. 13
- Modesty and Vanity
- p. 13
- Intolerance
- p. 14
- Experience
- p. 16
- Conscience
- p. 16
- Cause and Effect
- p. 17
- Love and Truth
- p. 17
- Expectations
- p. 18
- Bitterness
- p. 18
- Agents of Evil
- p. 19
- Sycophants
- p. 19
- Twisted Minds
- p. 19
- Vice and Virtue
- p. 19
- A Reminder
- p. 20
- My Commitment
- p. 20
- Two Fighting
- p. 21
- The Flag of Peace
- p. 21
- Give a Piece
- p. 22
- Finding Peace
- p. 22
- Nothing Counts
- p. 24
- In A Boeing
- p. 25
- Paris-Chicago
- p. 25
- Hard Times
- p. 25
- The Whole Story
- p. 26
- It Takes A Lifetime
- p. 29
- A Magic Hand
- p. 30
- Whither The Claims
- p. 32
- The Prairie Lights
- p. 33
- The Iowa Riverside
- p. 33
- No Need For A Queue
- p. 33
- Avoid The Back
- p. 34
- Insecurity
- p. 35
- The Biggest Upset
- p. 36
- Misfortune
- p. 36
- Globilisation
- p. 37
- Colonised Mind
- p. 38
- Development
- p. 40
- Chain Smoker
- p. 41
- Brains Like Grains
- p. 43
- A Fervent Wish
- p. 44
- Dear Oppressor
- p. 45
- Fooling You
- p. 45
- Most of The Time
- p. 46
- Importance of Past
- p. 47
- The Family
- p. 47
- Inextricable Knot
- p. 47
- Materialism
- p. 47
- Thoughts on Corruption
- pp. 48-50
- Give Them A Chance
- p. 51
- How Honest Are You?
- p. 54
- My Little Boy
- p. 55
- Resilience
- p. 56
- Value Scale Balance
- p. 56
- Being Upright
- p. 59
- At Ahmadou’s Deathbed
- pp. 61-63
- The Tinker
- p. 64
- Writer On The Run
- p. 65
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956715848
Related ISBN(s)
9789956558858
MARC Record
OCLC
646835775
Pages
76
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No