Is Like This

By Xlibris US

Kasi Senge Senghor, the master craftsman, weaves an intricate and finely constructed tapestry with his array of poems, moving from one theme to the next with the utmost ease and dexterity.
Safiya Baksh-Hosein [poet]

The images he evokes causes his readers to look within themselves for answers to some of life's mysteries.
Gerard Le Gendre (Okera Osayande) [teacher]

Its such beautiful poetry...deep, imaginative, soulful, fresh, full of passion; full of imagerya wonderful collection.
Ann Elizabeth King [writer]

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781493146383

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Copyright © 2013 by Kasi Senghor.

Cover painting (BRIDE OF OSIRIS) by MAKEMBA KUNLE

Library of Congress Control Number:   2013921450

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-4931-4637-6

                Softcover         978-1-4931-4636-9

                Ebook              978-1-4931-4638-3

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Rev. date: 12/17/2013

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CONTENTS

Foreword

Home

Word

Gene

Brawl

Masked

Confucius

Worthy of Hire

Twigs Are Down-to-Earth

At a Glance

A Needle, a Thread, and a Prayer

Niche

Sleep Sleuth

Template

Turn a New Page

What Happened Here…

Overcoming the Not-So-Good Times

Bookworms

Green Finger

A Garden under the Weather

Loving Our Neighbors

Friendship

Forgetter

Through Thick and Thin

Once upon a Regret

Night Out, Light Out

Touching Up Gray Areas

Truth Makes Its Move

Nandifari

Eerie

Picnic

Why Some Birds Are Caged

Naming Day

Neverland

How Long Happiness

Smoke Propulsion

TV Dinner

Mat-and-Couch Game

Directing Insanity

Bliss, No Kisses

Gratitude

You Make Them, But…

Monday

Giving up for Goodness Sake

Examiner

Initiation

Piano

First Rains

Jazz

Elder

Hush… Unless

Glad to Meet You

Put in a Good Word

Go Forward to the Beginning

Wake Early

Apprentice

Incense

Effortless Effort

Wall Looks Back

Taking the Whole

What’s Done Is…

ABC Dharma

Terminus

Good-book Binders

Sunshiny—To Say the Least

When I Died

I’m Going to Be Equal Any Minute Now

Unsavory

Inside the Box

You Don’t Have to Call

Learning How to Draw A Heart

Finders Keepers, Nick!

I Almost Answered Myself

You Left the Kettle Boiling

Before You Know It

Seasons of Love

What Two Can Do

A Breath of Fresh Exchanges

Prince Street, Port-of-Spain

Roll Call

Taped Ears

Being There First

Sweetheart

Ruby

Waiter

Seconds

Jungle Fever

Botanical Games

Tears We Shared

Read What He Wrote

A Writer’s Right

I Love to Write Poetry

Step by Step

Pens for Sale

Breathing between the Lines

The…

Canvas

The Day of the Filter

Color Coded

Carriages

Regenerating the Wheel

Dance Routines

Back in the Past

An Ocean to Write

Economic Fractions

Loving the Ink I Spill

Showers of Blessing

The Dead Are Not Dead

Afraid to Believe

This collection of poetry

is dedicated to

Denise A. Senghor

for creating the space

Osiris, Nandi and Akhila Senghor

for your appreciation

to my original editor

Dr. Yvonne Bobb-Smith

for taking the time to read and critique

and

to all of you who have inspired through word and/or deed

in ways big and small

all meanigful

FOREWORD

This poetry collection of Kasi Senge Senghor is alive with meaning through descriptive words. It uses language richly with alliteration and imagery that causes reading to be filtered with the sound of an African drum, the tapping of feet, and a feeling that the body is in dance motion. However, these poems espouse a philosophy which is projected with many themes, such as: friendship; unrequited love, intimacy, struggle, identity, liberation, self image, conformity, heroes. These contextualize the poet’s feelings about Life, Community and Caribbean history. While many of these poems may be deemed personal, there is an objectivity which allows the reader to relate or to share Kasi’s space.

Therefore, each poem, regardless of its weight, can engage readers to explore their own feelings, to raise their own questions or to redefine the problems the poet delineates. In other