Words Of Silence: And Other Poems Of My Youth

My earliest recollection of writing poetry is in fourth grade. Our class teacher was out that day and instead of being one of the noise makers, I discovered something new and fascinating; a way of expression using words. Words just flowed into my mind and hand and I wrote them down on paper. It was thrilling! The words were beautiful; something I had not experienced before. So beautiful the class prefect and the rest of the kids dubbed it a love letter because they could not comprehend such arrangement of words as we had not been taught poetry. Their taunting me lead to my name being written on the noise makers list...to be flogged! This experience thus imprinted on my mind my discovery of the beauty of words! The poems in this collection were written in my teens. I encourage children and young adults to write because I believe that their sight and purity are not yet jaded by cynicisms, other isms, ills, bills, and being awakened to the "real" journey of life. As you read these poems put yourself into that young age and see what I was seeing; then observe from where you are now. These poems were my observations of life, relationships, love, nature and God. Later in life, I wrote more poetry and will publish those under another volume. These poems were first published under the title "My Husband is a Cuckoo and Other Poems of my Youth," one of the poems in the book. (A Cuckoo is a bird that lays its eggs in another bird's nest, so the other bird incubates and hashes the eggs for her). Enjoy!

Author: Esther Yiyi

Publisher: Independently Published

Publication Date: Sep 15, 2012

Number of Pages: 72 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1703459431

ISBN-13: 9781703459432