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Kane has never been a soldier, but he has great respect for those who have served and sacrificed for the freedom we hold so dear. “I have a good friend who served in the second World War. My son’s godfather was a General in the U.S. Army. Some of my brothers in the Knights of Columbus served in Vietnam, and I have many friends and students who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Over the years, I have been touched by the stories they have told me about their military experiences. Stories about the horrible things they had to do, how they came to terms with those things, and their longing for home,” he says.
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(Emmanuel Ngwainmbi, pseud. Emmanuel Kane) holds the doctorate in Human Communication Studies and degrees in English & Literature. Emmanuel published his first poem at age 11; he has since published 14 books; 4 novels, 3 reference books, a YA fiction, and 5 poetry volumes. Other poems appear anthologies in Chapel Hill Press, The Washington Review; Apples and Oranges Magazine; Electric Acorn, Dublin, Ireland; Lynne Reiner Publishers; Symphony of Verse; New Poets of West Africa Malthouse Press; and New Horizons by Yaoundé University Press, also New Directions: The Howard University Magazine, and Sensations Magazine. There are over 1000 items about his poetry on the internet. A member of the Poets & Writers and the Charlotte Writers Club, he has participated in various National Poetry Month events and received a number of prizes for his ‘eclectic’ style. In the late 80s and 90s, Emmanuel belonged to an association of Poets in Washington, D.C. where he shared the platform with E. Ethelbert Miller and other successful poets. He has read at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.
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Dedication iii
Part I:
Growing Flames 1 Solider’s Diary 3 Strange Feelings 3 US First Battalion 4 The Other Citizen Inside 5 The Vietnam Veteran 6 Another Martyr Is Born 7 Deadly Recruitment 8 Sensible Acts of War 9 US Warship on Patrol 10 Scribbled on a Rough Beach Bench 11 My Ex-Girlfriend 12 Ming 13 Last Mail 14 Mein Deutsch Geist My German Blood 15 Ich Bin in Berliner 15 The Kaiser Returns Home 16 Visit to Stefflwirt Wiesau 17 The Kaiser’s Grandson Boris Beckham, Aus der Region 18 The Soldier Speaks to the Kaiser’s Son 20 European Bombs in Germany 21 Antifaschistischer Schutzwall
(Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart) 22 Berlin Is Dying 23 Dismantling Communism 24 Wartime 25 Spring in Berlin 26 Postwar Monologues in American Communities 27 To the Politician 27
v
Afterthought 28 Before Dying 29 Home 30 Baton Rouge 31 The Lost City 32 Salute to All Veterans 33 Tomb of Unknown Soldier 34 Feast of the Dead 35 Honor Guard 36 Another Note 37 Today in Time 38 Salute to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on his
NinetyFifth Birthday 39 Walking in the Land of the Living Dead 40
Part II: Fury 41 Inequality 43 Standing by a Grave after 9/11 43 To the American Soldier 44 Navy Seal 45 Stopping by a Graveyard 46 Hurricane City 48 Remembering New Orleans 49 The Gods Are Still Angry 50 The Garden Tree 51 Torrid Diaspora 52 A Slim Thought 53 Narrow Escape 54 Scramble for Europe 55 Power and Abuse 56 Dreams of M 56 The Imperialist 57 Another Day 58 World Peace Day 59 Guantanamo Detainee Speaks Again 60 Mr. Power 61 The New Mayor 62 The Mayor’s Mistress 63 Letters to Dictators 64
vi
Open Letter 64 Singing in the Streets for Khadafy 65 Arab Spring 66 The Unknown Citizen 67 E-mail to the Tyrant I 68 The Face of Terror 69 Note to an Activist 70 Arab Spring Sings in the Heartland 71 Jihadist Dance 72 Great Return 73 E-mail to the Tyrant II 74 Palm Sunday 75
Part III: Lavenders 77 Letters to Melissa from The Battlefield 79 Oh, Melissa 79 On Your Birthday 80 The Shore 81 The Day After 82 Plea 83 Your Letter 84 Melissa Listens 85 About the Author 86
Part I:
Growing Flames 1 Solider’s Diary 3 Strange Feelings 3 US First Battalion 4 The Other Citizen Inside 5 The Vietnam Veteran 6 Another Martyr Is Born 7 Deadly Recruitment 8 Sensible Acts of War 9 US Warship on Patrol 10 Scribbled on a Rough Beach Bench 11 My Ex-Girlfriend 12 Ming 13 Last Mail 14 Mein Deutsch Geist My German Blood 15 Ich Bin in Berliner 15 The Kaiser Returns Home 16 Visit to Stefflwirt Wiesau 17 The Kaiser’s Grandson Boris Beckham, Aus der Region 18 The Soldier Speaks to the Kaiser’s Son 20 European Bombs in Germany 21 Antifaschistischer Schutzwall
(Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart) 22 Berlin Is Dying 23 Dismantling Communism 24 Wartime 25 Spring in Berlin 26 Postwar Monologues in American Communities 27 To the Politician 27
v
Afterthought 28 Before Dying 29 Home 30 Baton Rouge 31 The Lost City 32 Salute to All Veterans 33 Tomb of Unknown Soldier 34 Feast of the Dead 35 Honor Guard 36 Another Note 37 Today in Time 38 Salute to Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on his
NinetyFifth Birthday 39 Walking in the Land of the Living Dead 40
Part II: Fury 41 Inequality 43 Standing by a Grave after 9/11 43 To the American Soldier 44 Navy Seal 45 Stopping by a Graveyard 46 Hurricane City 48 Remembering New Orleans 49 The Gods Are Still Angry 50 The Garden Tree 51 Torrid Diaspora 52 A Slim Thought 53 Narrow Escape 54 Scramble for Europe 55 Power and Abuse 56 Dreams of M 56 The Imperialist 57 Another Day 58 World Peace Day 59 Guantanamo Detainee Speaks Again 60 Mr. Power 61 The New Mayor 62 The Mayor’s Mistress 63 Letters to Dictators 64
vi
Open Letter 64 Singing in the Streets for Khadafy 65 Arab Spring 66 The Unknown Citizen 67 E-mail to the Tyrant I 68 The Face of Terror 69 Note to an Activist 70 Arab Spring Sings in the Heartland 71 Jihadist Dance 72 Great Return 73 E-mail to the Tyrant II 74 Palm Sunday 75
Part III: Lavenders 77 Letters to Melissa from The Battlefield 79 Oh, Melissa 79 On Your Birthday 80 The Shore 81 The Day After 82 Plea 83 Your Letter 84 Melissa Listens 85 About the Author 86
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"Emmanuel Kane's Growing Flames, Fury and Lavenders, is a brilliantly conceived poetic feast. The poet demonstrates a remarkable breadth of knowledge and a stirring imagination full of tropes and metaphors that truly make this a great book. Kane masters the history, literature, and moral ethics that makes his poetry live in the present. Using the military and martial examples he brings truth in words to life."
Molefi Kete Asante, author of Facing South to Africa
With powerful imagery and language, Emanuel Kane takes his readers to places where they may not want to go. No one wants to experience war, suffering and death, but the world can’t turn a blind eye to it either. Many of these poems are uncomfortable and hard to read, but poetry doesn’t have to be pretty. Kane pulls the reader from the comfort of a chair into a world of uncertainty, where many people live out their daily lives. This is not an uplifting book, but it is a call to action, a call to care for our fellow man.
Jonathan K. Rice Editor/Publisher Iodine Poetry Journal
Here are the words of no return. Emanuel Kane writes about war and refugees. Here is the verse of headlines. This collection of poems is troubling. There is blood on many of the pages. It's a reminder that the present is a dangerous place to live. Kane writes about Isis and Miriam Makeba wailing from the grave. He knows the beautiful ones have yet to be born.
- E. Ethelbert Miller
In Growing Flames, he captures the disappointments, fury, and melancholy of a young soldier in a very realistic manner. His poems are multi-layered. Most of his poems contain a satirical twist that provides a deeper insight into war, beyond the literal meaning, and that makes readers pause and say, “Ah.” These poems will speak to readers today because of the continuing wars and conflicts throughout our world, providing some hint of realistic hope as well as because of Kane’s truthful voice.
-Dr. Sylvia A. Holladay, English Professor, University of South Florida
Kane’s “Growing Flames, Fury and Lavenders,” is a collection of 95 poems divided into four sections. Each section addresses different perspective on war, political corruption, killer disease outbreaks, and depraved indifference. Each poem uniquely touches on personal effects to the human soul. His powerful words challenge us to be aware, to take a stand – to listen and hear, to look and to see. This book reaches your very corps with carefully crafted prose.
-Liane Larocque, PhD/editor/author
Molefi Kete Asante, author of Facing South to Africa
With powerful imagery and language, Emanuel Kane takes his readers to places where they may not want to go. No one wants to experience war, suffering and death, but the world can’t turn a blind eye to it either. Many of these poems are uncomfortable and hard to read, but poetry doesn’t have to be pretty. Kane pulls the reader from the comfort of a chair into a world of uncertainty, where many people live out their daily lives. This is not an uplifting book, but it is a call to action, a call to care for our fellow man.
Jonathan K. Rice Editor/Publisher Iodine Poetry Journal
Here are the words of no return. Emanuel Kane writes about war and refugees. Here is the verse of headlines. This collection of poems is troubling. There is blood on many of the pages. It's a reminder that the present is a dangerous place to live. Kane writes about Isis and Miriam Makeba wailing from the grave. He knows the beautiful ones have yet to be born.
- E. Ethelbert Miller
In Growing Flames, he captures the disappointments, fury, and melancholy of a young soldier in a very realistic manner. His poems are multi-layered. Most of his poems contain a satirical twist that provides a deeper insight into war, beyond the literal meaning, and that makes readers pause and say, “Ah.” These poems will speak to readers today because of the continuing wars and conflicts throughout our world, providing some hint of realistic hope as well as because of Kane’s truthful voice.
-Dr. Sylvia A. Holladay, English Professor, University of South Florida
Kane’s “Growing Flames, Fury and Lavenders,” is a collection of 95 poems divided into four sections. Each section addresses different perspective on war, political corruption, killer disease outbreaks, and depraved indifference. Each poem uniquely touches on personal effects to the human soul. His powerful words challenge us to be aware, to take a stand – to listen and hear, to look and to see. This book reaches your very corps with carefully crafted prose.
-Liane Larocque, PhD/editor/author
