Upon the Stars

By Linda Mata

Upon the Stars is a book consisting of poems, a musical composition,

and short stories, both fiction and non-fiction created by a mother-daughter

team. Dr. Linda Mata includes poems she has written

• Language: English
• Publisher: Global Summit House
• Release date: Sep 16, 2021
• ISBN: 9781956515978

Linda Mata

Linda Mata is a freelance writer and holds a Masters Degree from the University of Oklahoma. She is also the author of Roads and Reminiscences and co-author, with her daughter, of the book Upon the Stars. She was featured in Who’s Who in American Women 2004. Christiana Guarino was a Teen-age high school student when the fi rst edition of this book was written in 2006. She has received numerous awards for her short stories and poetry. These include 2 local Youth diversity awards, inclusion in Who’s Who in Poetry in 2005 and recipient of The Creative Commemoration Award in the fall of 2004. She continues to write and is currently a university student.

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Upon

the

Stars

Dr. Linda Mata & Christiana Guarino

Copyright © 2021 by Dr. Linda Mata & Christiana Guarino.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review.

ISBN: 978-1-956515-98-5 (Paperback Edition)

ISBN: 978-1-956515-99-2 (Hardcover Edition)

ISBN: 978-1-956515-97-8 (E-book Edition)

Some characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to the real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Book Ordering Information

Phone Number: 315 288-7939 ext. 1000 or 347-901-4920

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Global Summit House

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Printed in the United State of America

Contents

Dedication

Works byChristiana Guarino

About Me

Boredom

Little Note

Cancun

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001

Dreams

Words

A Light in the Storm

Chapter 1

The Land of The Lambs

Chapter 2

Life in the Orphanage

Chapter 3

Juneteenth:Commemorating My African American Heritage

Chapter 4

The Background of Juneteenth in the United States

Chapter 5

Early Arrivals of Africans in the New World

Chapter 6

Events Leading to Civil War

Chapter 7

The Civil War and Its Aftermath

Chapter 8

Opal Lee: The Grandmother of Juneteenth

Chapter 9

The Juneteenth of Robert De Bruce, King of Scotland:A Story of My Twenty Ninth great grandfather

Chapter 10

The Story of Sundiata KeitaThe Lion King

Dedication

In Memory of Grandma Rose and Grandma Annie

Works by

Christiana Guarino

Linda and Christiana Mata

About Me

I am

A trusting

Abiding

Praising

Obediently

Loving

In everything

Boredom

No radio, No computer, No TV for a week

This Thirty hour boredom has got me beat

It is only the first day

And I’m lost on what to do

Why can’t my mom

Just withhold my food

But I’ll survive this

And have no fears

or shed no tears

I ‘ll

Just stay in my room

And beat these boredom blues

Little Note

Trust in Me

Give me your all

Talk to me

And I will call

I know you’re hurting

From a broken heart

But we’ll never depart

Cancun

Humidity sticks on me like glue

Palm trees sway in the wind

At night

Lights of brilliant red and green

Flash before my eyes

Upon the warm blanket

I fall asleep in my hotel room

In love with every minute

Then I think about the poor

I’ve seen in

the other

Cancun

The poor but proud people

Living beyond my hotel room

September 11, 2001

I think about the people today in New York City.

No one in my family had anyone injured there

I realize that it could have been

And I feel empathy for them

There were those in the tall towers

When the planes hit

And now I worry quite a bit

About what happens next

What is the aftermath

My brother

Could be called to fight

In a military draft

The danger

That hasn’t happened yet

To all residents

I smell war in the air

And I hate war

So much sorrow and suffering

And I say I know many can’t wait

To punish those terrorists

And hate leads to

Horror and War

September 11, 2001

I think about the people today in New York City.

No one in my family had anyone injured there

I realize that it could have been