7 Days in Palestine - Softcover

Peters Sr., William S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1970020458 ISBN 13: 9781970020458

Publisher: inner child press, ltd., 2018

Synopsis

Preface In the month of October 2017, I was visiting my brother, Nizar and dear Zulfa Sartawi in Jordan. During my month-long stay there with him and his family, I had the blessed opportunity to commune with poets from many lands. One of the most memorable times was my visit to the poetry café of Mariam Al-Saifi. There, I met poets from Turkey, Jordan, Algiers, Palestine and numerous other countries. Shortly after this congregation of verse, my brothers Nizar, Samih Masoud, Iyad Ahmad Shamasnah and Rabei Hamzeh, along with my sister Mariam facilitated a visit to the Holy Land of Palestine. During that visit, I made the acquaintance of so many wonderful souls, such as Khalid and Aysar Al-Saifi, Ibrahim Alaraj and his lovely daughter Hana –people who expanded my perspectives of the living culture of Palestine and the life they celebrated, endured and suffered. I shall not go into a narrative about the political realities that oppressed the Palestinian people at this time. In this book, you will have the opportunity through my poetry to take this Palestinian journey that I have experienced. There was an abundance of stories told unto me that tugged hard at my heart and my soul. This personal exchange affected my consciousness in such a profound way that I could not ever dismiss this fact. My eyes were opened . . . WIDE! This book of poetry is one that I had to write. My spirit would not let me rest in peace if I had not. I hope that in reading this humble offering you can peek behind the veil and be moved to offer your voice to assist in the global resolution for peace . . . in Palestine and every other land where the common people are oppressed and exploited by the ruling elitists whose agendas no longer serve humanity or any semblance of civility. Bless Up Bill

About this title

About the Author:

about William S. Peters Sr. AKA ‘just bill’, William S. Peters, Sr. is a devoted writer who has been committed to the path of poetry since 1966. Presently, Bill’s poetry has been published in excess of 200 anthologies, newspapers and literary magazines, including about 47 books of his own. Since the day of his commitment to the creation and public-sharing of the poetic art, Bill has been a devoted supporter of the venue of Creative Expression –regardless of form. His conviction that the human countenance through written art is a necessity reflects in his capacity as an activist for the progression and evolution of humanity and its love of each other. Through hands-on assistance, counseling and guidance, Bill has been able to publish many first-time writers and poets from across the globe; thus, introducing their work of different literary genres to the public. In its brief history, Inner Child Press –Bill’s publishing enterprise has brought attention worldwide to several hundred poets by means of the authors’ personal releases and the appearances of their work in a large number of anthologies. Such undertakings encompass notable and highly-acclaimed anthology series, such as World Healing, World Peace –published every two years since 2012 and The Year of the Poet –a monthly book as conceived in January 2014 and published every month since. In the latter anthology, The Poetry Posse –a core group of contributing poets comprises fourteen poets from a large variety of world regions. This publication also features between two and four guest poets each month.

About this edition

• Publisher: inner child press, ltd.
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1970020458
• ISBN 13: 9781970020458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134
• Editor: Yilmaz Ph.D. Hulya N.
• Illustrator: Blue Chyna, Graphix Edifyin'