Kirjahaku

A collection of poetry written with thought-provoking enthusiasm. It continues like some of my other poetry books with spiritual themes. There are also romantic poems and other conversations concerning life today, i.e. politics, money, gender bias, race, and social media. Over the past two years, I have put together these words as I observed changes in our country that I have never seen in my 64 years. It is not unusual, but more revealing than ever. I believe we should take careful note, seeing it as it is and not as a new trend. History repeats and the old become the new, while few patterns change! There is a need for a different thinking and a renewed value system that works for all!

"T.H.E. Light Blue Songbook" by Jeffrey V. Perry The Light Blue Songbook is a collection of poems of the heart, the soul, and the spirit. It is focused on the Black male point of view, showing some of our very sensitive sides. In a world where we are looked upon as those to be feared; or viewed in the "thug" or "gangster" persona, we also keep it very real. We have a deep admiration of our Black female counterparts, as well; and we are deeply rooted in a love of God. We are intellectuals and scholars of the known world; particularly, the world in which we live. Just Saying...

These poems are a mix of spiritual and contemporary love poems; the divine and the sublime, about me and you; and about our relationships with one another, and those with our Creator - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

This is a collection of poems by Jeffrey V. Perry, who has been writing since the tender age of seven. As a gifted young writer, he was betrayed by his own meager circumstances and the misfortunes of being young and naive. Now that he is older, he has begun to produce recent works to help complete him and his true calling. A summon is Strumpet, but also, a warning signal that must be heeded. In our times there are too many reasons for us not to stop and take notice. Too much is written on our walls and there is too much living in our streets, not to question our own lives. It is so much easier for us to just look the other way or to go for self-satisfaction than to do what we know to be best. Since we do not change, nothing gets better. In the end, we are responsible for ourselves, and we are the ones who are going to have to pay one way or another. While our truths are relative, there is an ultimate truth somewhere in this world; found only if we are brave enough to accept it.

"Child of God," is a phrase referred auspiciously to those seen as special in relationship with the spiritual realm, without any prior understanding or reasoning outside of this assumption. It is also left to those called, thusly, to address this call one way or another. To learn and to know one's self is immeasurable, in the least. To finally come to this conclusion in one's relationship with God, the Creator could be just the growth of a child into full adulthood. Peace is with you.

ONLY SAY THAT WE ARE "HUMAN!" This was the first false hood perpetrated upon us by this world that WE WERE LESS THAN HUMAN. We must re-define our culture, our race, and our attributes, but, even we have to stop determining ourselves in an overstated vernacular that only helps to compensate for any so-called deficiency. Now we assume our humanity. It is a humbling position for a human being to admit to.

As the bell tolls sounding the clocks of time, We tell some things wrong, while some truths we find. How much time will be time that is enough? How much time until we find the right stuff? What do clocks measure? Would time not still pass? If we do nothing, only sit steadfast? So, what makes time and the clock so crucial? I foolishly ask if the clocks are useful.