Let his sould rest in peace! Here are some of his books:
"His books were published almost exclusively by Atheneum. Among his 14 volumes of poetry are “Simeon” (1964), “A Joyful Noise” (1966), “The Garbage Wars” (1970) and “What Manner of Beast” (1981). In 2003, Mid-List Press published Mr. Finkel’s collection “Not So the Chairs: Selected and New Poems.”
The title poem of “Not So the Chairs” opens this way:
The tables slept on their feet
like horses
could wait there
forever if commanded
no matter what men set on them
a strong back was all it took
and a little patience
the beds never got up at all
pampered in linens
sprawling in perfumed chambers
while on their breasts the gentry
shrieked and sweated
muffling from time to time a sigh
in a diffident pillow
Monday, November 24, 2008
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Sunday, November 16, 2008
Underdogs to WONDERDOGS: Fresno State's Road to Omaha and the College World Series Championship (wonderdogsbook.com)
The Rise to The Top
Underdogs to Wonderdogs Poem
Odes to the Wonderdogs
The baseball season started just like any other season
With young guys too eager to play the game,
Please their parents, friends, and coaches
Through hard work and determination, an unlikely group of players
Ended up making a team. Their strengths overcame their weaknesses
Yet, the struggles to be the World Series Champions threatened them all
How to be the top dogs without the team's best pitcher?
How to advance to the College World Series Championships
Without winning the Western Athletic Conference Tournament?
The best underdog story needed a writer and the organized drive
Of dedicated players such as Tommy Mendonca, Steve Detwiler
"It's mind over matter. It's just a little pain...
The Pain is temporary. Pride is forever," said Detwiler
In the end, we, Americans, like underdog stories
We like the coming from behind to win it all
Congratulations to the Fresno State Bulldogs
For making a University, two sister cities and a Nation proud!
It was the preview of one of the greatest underdog stories
That this nation would know in just one year
Barack Obama made history by becoming the 44th President of the U.S.A
Indeed, the seeds of victory and success are spread in small communities
Such as Fresno and Clovis, CA. You can see them at Fresno State every season too!
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It is a great story that needs to be told and repeated. It is a book with great potential.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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"Young Man, Go West and The Pursuit of Success and Happiness: Shop, Dance, Eat, Pray, Love And Reach Spiritual Fulfillment" is a book about the joys of living, working and connecting with loved ones. It is about our fears such as the fear of packing up and traveling to an unknown place, the fears of falling and failing, the fears of isolation and the fears of letting go and losing it all. This is a book to share with others. Most importantly, it is about loving, dancing, shopping, eating and exploring! Even in tough economic times, we can learn to survive and triumph once more. This is a book of hope in desperate times!
"Young Man, Go West and The Pursuit of Success and Happiness: Shop, Dance, Eat, Pray, Love And Reach Spiritual Fulfillment" is a book about the joys of living, working and connecting with loved ones. It is about our fears such as the fear of packing up and traveling to an unknown place, the fears of falling and failing, the fears of isolation and the fears of letting go and losing it all. This is a book to share with others. Most importantly, it is about loving, dancing, shopping, eating and exploring! Even in tough economic times, we can learn to survive and triumph once more. This is a book of hope in desperate times!
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Monday, November 10, 2008
The Audacity of Hope Poetry : "Young Man, Go West..."
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"Young Man, Go West and The Pursuit of Success and Happiness: Shop, Dance, Eat, Pray, Love And Reach Spiritual Fulfillment" is a book about the joys of living, working and connecting with loved ones. It is about our fears such as the fear of packing up and traveling to an unknown place, the fears of falling and failing, the fears of isolation and the fears of letting go and losing it all. This is a book to share with others. Most importantly, it is about loving, dancing, shopping, eating and exploring! Even in tough economic times, we can learn to survive and triumph once more. This is a book of hope in desperate times!
Description:
"Young Man, Go West and The Pursuit of Success and Happiness: Shop, Dance, Eat, Pray, Love And Reach Spiritual Fulfillment" is a book about the joys of living, working and connecting with loved ones. It is about our fears such as the fear of packing up and traveling to an unknown place, the fears of falling and failing, the fears of isolation and the fears of letting go and losing it all. This is a book to share with others. Most importantly, it is about loving, dancing, shopping, eating and exploring! Even in tough economic times, we can learn to survive and triumph once more. This is a book of hope in desperate times!
The Audacity of Hope Poetry
The Audacity of Hope
Obama Poetry of Change: Yes, We Can
(jc)
Oh death, where is your power?
Oh discrimination, prejudice, Jim Crow Laws
Where is your shame-causing sting?
Oh police dog bites and state-sanctioned brutality,
Where is your staying authority and durability?
Oh pessimism, where is your monstrous attraction?
Oh racism and exploitation, where is your defeating purpose?
Oh haydees, where is your burning fire?
Oh hopeless souls, where are your faith and sense of history?
Obama Poetry of Change: Yes, We Can
(jc)
Oh death, where is your power?
Oh discrimination, prejudice, Jim Crow Laws
Where is your shame-causing sting?
Oh police dog bites and state-sanctioned brutality,
Where is your staying authority and durability?
Oh pessimism, where is your monstrous attraction?
Oh racism and exploitation, where is your defeating purpose?
Oh haydees, where is your burning fire?
Oh hopeless souls, where are your faith and sense of history?
Poetic Inspiration: Rosa Parks Poetry of Hope
Rosa parks sat
So Martin Luther King
Could stand and walk
Martin Luther King Walked
So Obama could run
Obama ran so we can call hope and fly
And Obama hopes so he can reshape America's international image
So we all can work together to rebuild our economy, neighborhoods and schools
So we can live together in harmony despite all our problems
So Martin Luther King
Could stand and walk
Martin Luther King Walked
So Obama could run
Obama ran so we can call hope and fly
And Obama hopes so he can reshape America's international image
So we all can work together to rebuild our economy, neighborhoods and schools
So we can live together in harmony despite all our problems
Friday, November 7, 2008
Oprah Cried on Stranger's Shoulders
The stranger turns out to be a business consultant. He will appear on Oprah Winfrey show. One of the richest women of the world needed a shoulder to cry on.
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An Inaugural Poem for Barack Obama
Tears of Joy
(jc)
The huge lump is gone from their heart
From East to West Coast and from North to South,
The burden is lifted for ever
The vestiges of the past are slowly forgotten
The yokes of past slavery are broken once for all
It is a general catharsis
The Day after general elections results,
Americans become prouder of the reshaping of their image
In the world.
No longer are their pursued by the ghosts of the civil rights struggle,
Of Little Rock, Birmingham and Greensboro
Why have Americans cried?
Oprah Winfrey cried her eyelashes off; Her make up became a moist mess
Michelle Obama was in disbelief. She briefly cried and embraced her daughters
Jesse Jackson as well as Colin Powell, Whites as well as Blacks cried
On this new day. The Day of change has finally come to America
Americans and the rest of the world rejoiced over the victory speech
And cried over the past inequities, injustices, slavery, Jim Crow, discrimination and prejudices
Dr. King's Dream has finally come to pass!
We, Americans, cried over the surging memories of Dr. King's March on Washington,
Mississippi's Freedom Summer, Detroit's riots, and Selma's Bloody Sunday
Americans cried over the numerous separate but equal signs in the South and elsewhere
We cried over the separate buses, restaurants, Hotels, second-class status, and water fountains
We cried over all the sittings and the dogs that bit and tore our flesh
Under the cops' beatings and the hurricanes of high-volume water hoses that blinded us
We cried over the institutional racism, the enforced laws that regulated our systems and societies
We cried over all the written and unwritten rules of the Ol' South that snuffed Emmet Till's breath
We cried over Jim Crow, the KKK's unrelentless raids, attacks and fire setting on innocent homeowners
We cried over the courage of a few brave men who stood up only to be wiped out by strong interests
The slavery system and subsequent Jim Crow were all about exploiting the weak for monetary purposes
We cried over the numbing fears that crippled us and made us believe that we could do anything
To change our fate. "Yes, we can now. Yes, we can," Chanted the huge crowd at Grant Park, Chicago
"Less than 40 years after an African American was not allowed to use the same bathroom as a white person,
Sleep in the same hotel, ride on the same bus, go to the same school
Less than 40 years later, our nation showed the entire world why it is the greatest nation on earth
And selected an African American as its 44th President," wrote the blogger
We cried because as a society we finally decided to take the country in a new direction
We are suddenly filled with a new source of optimism
And feel ready to rebuild and tackle our pressing problems
New strengths are needed in the face of two wars, a sinking economy,
A warming planet, a troubled healthcare system, energy needs, foreign policy issues,
Financial and housing crisis, and credit crunch
Suddenly, American's day of celebration and euphoria gave way to reflections
Dr. Martin Luther King would be rejoicing over this new day
Nelson Mandela congratulates Obama and the American people
"your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream
Of wanting to change the world for a better place."
Indeed, hope has won over racial prejudices in this history-making presidential campaign
The rest of the world has just witnessed the determination and power of this great country
Yes, we have overcome! Yes, we have overcome!
We have reined in the dark forces and have overcome our prejudices and conquered our own fears
The last glass ceiling has just been shattered once for all in the U.S.A.
Indeed, the Blacks of St. Domingue were right for fighting for freedom and political independence in 1804
"Freedom and progress know no boundary."
The biggest assets of the U.S.A. are her children
Blacks as well as Whites, Hispanic as well as Asian or any other ethnic group
No child should be left behind.
We cried over how far we have come. This is a collective sign of relief.
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A Song for Change
A Song for Change
(jc)
Complete Euphoria all over the world!
I am in tears and so are my friends and the rest of the country
Cries of joy indeed!
The tough among us have been softened by a new set of realities
The World rejoices and cries over the first Black President of the United States
It is not a victory about one man, it is a victory for the people and the world
It is a victory brought by hope and change
A catharsis, a great symbolism that has washed away the sins of our founders
JFK's prophecies have come to pass: In 40 years or so, an African-American will be
President of the United States of America. Hard to Swallow but true
Anything is possible in the United States, indeed! Hope is reborn
The promise of this country remains intact: Through hard work, discipline and organization
One can achieve most of his/her dreams
What a collective moment for us, Americans, and the world!
More than the Superbowl, more than the Olympics, more than the Pope,
And more than any war or other calamity could have done, a victory by Obama
Created a transformative moment for us all
The world symphony takes center stage: A new maestro is about to enter
The Inhabitants of our planet are eager to witness the new direction we take
Sonnet for the Audacity of Hope
Sonnet for the Aftermath of Change
Symphony for the collaborative effort and renewal of spirits
The past appears to be buried with this landslide victory. The stings of racism, Jim Crow, Discrimination
And other social, political inequities must take back seat to the hope and promises,
And possibilities offered by this great country of ours
``A hundred years ago, he would have been a slave. A hundred years on, he is the president. That's massive,''
``A new broom sweeps clean. The new president may introduce concrete measures to fix the financial crisis. Once things improve in the U.S., the world improves and China improves.''
"Obama's victory marks ``a historic change which shows that the United States is an entirely exceptional power, completing a fundamental social revolution in the space of two, three generations.''
``A new face offers Europe a new chance to remarry America.''
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(jc)
Complete Euphoria all over the world!
I am in tears and so are my friends and the rest of the country
Cries of joy indeed!
The tough among us have been softened by a new set of realities
The World rejoices and cries over the first Black President of the United States
It is not a victory about one man, it is a victory for the people and the world
It is a victory brought by hope and change
A catharsis, a great symbolism that has washed away the sins of our founders
JFK's prophecies have come to pass: In 40 years or so, an African-American will be
President of the United States of America. Hard to Swallow but true
Anything is possible in the United States, indeed! Hope is reborn
The promise of this country remains intact: Through hard work, discipline and organization
One can achieve most of his/her dreams
What a collective moment for us, Americans, and the world!
More than the Superbowl, more than the Olympics, more than the Pope,
And more than any war or other calamity could have done, a victory by Obama
Created a transformative moment for us all
The world symphony takes center stage: A new maestro is about to enter
The Inhabitants of our planet are eager to witness the new direction we take
Sonnet for the Audacity of Hope
Sonnet for the Aftermath of Change
Symphony for the collaborative effort and renewal of spirits
The past appears to be buried with this landslide victory. The stings of racism, Jim Crow, Discrimination
And other social, political inequities must take back seat to the hope and promises,
And possibilities offered by this great country of ours
``A hundred years ago, he would have been a slave. A hundred years on, he is the president. That's massive,''
``A new broom sweeps clean. The new president may introduce concrete measures to fix the financial crisis. Once things improve in the U.S., the world improves and China improves.''
"Obama's victory marks ``a historic change which shows that the United States is an entirely exceptional power, completing a fundamental social revolution in the space of two, three generations.''
``A new face offers Europe a new chance to remarry America.''
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