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The 'w' Poems
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ISBN10: 9363540340
ISBN13: 9789363540347
Publisher: Cyberwit.Net
Published: Jul 11 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789363540347
Publisher: Cyberwit.Net
Published: Jul 11 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
...where the first letter of every
title is a 'W'...One of the greatest strengths of this collection is its ability to transform ordinary moments into meaningful reflections. The poems encourage readers to pause, appreciate life's quiet blessings, and discover beauty in everyday experiences. Their gentle rhythm and thoughtful expression leave a lasting impression. Biography of Nolo Segundo The real name of the poet, who prefers the pen name, 'Nolo Segundo' (which in Latin means: 'I don't want to be second') is L. J. Carber, a retired teacher in his 70's now who has led a peaceful life since his marriage 40 years ago. But his 20's were more like Dicken's '...the best of times, the worst of times...'At 20 he went to England for his junior year abroad at the University of Manchester. At 23 he studied at the London Film School-- he has always loved the movies-- but for some reason, perhaps due in part to the end of a love affair, he dropped out, came back to America and suffered a major clinical depression and a total nervous breakdown wherein he stopped eating, sleeping, and even emoting, and soon he shooked like an old man with Parkinson's disease. Fearing being commtted to an asylum for the rest of his life, he jumped off a bridge into a Vermont river. Before he jumped, he believed only in materialism, the idea that only matter is real-- so no God, no soul, no ultimate meaning to life. But whilst drowning he found his soul, a consciousness that exists endlessly, and it was suffering now far more than anything his mind had been tormented with. Then he called out to God, the God he thought he had stopped believing in after childhood, and he was 'released' back into this world. He would go on to have other paranormal experiences over the years, not often, quite rare actually, but enough to reveal to him that another 'reality' permeates this world we perceive with our limited senses and limited minds. Two years after his near-suicide, he took a job teaching ESL in the war zone of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, in 1973-74. There he developed a deep affection for the Cambodian people and though he heard stories about the brutality of the Khmer Rouge, to this day he cannot understand how they could have murdered upwards of 2 million of their own people, the gentlest people he has ever lived amongst. After the war forced him to leave Cambodia, he spent over a year teaching ESL in Taipei and later in Tokyo. A year after he returned to the States, he met the Chinese woman he would marry. Some of his poems are about the strange thing called aging, and its paradoxical way of wearing down the body while gradually-or so it seems to him--- freeing the soul. But many of his poems try to explore that inexplicable Mystery permeating each one of us-- whether we are aware or not-- and that seems to manifest Itself every so often, in ways subtle or strange. Over the years many people have shared their own strange 'encounters' with him, often much to his surprise. At times the poet has felt that life is just one long dream, and he has dreamt such dreams many, many times before....
title is a 'W'...One of the greatest strengths of this collection is its ability to transform ordinary moments into meaningful reflections. The poems encourage readers to pause, appreciate life's quiet blessings, and discover beauty in everyday experiences. Their gentle rhythm and thoughtful expression leave a lasting impression. Biography of Nolo Segundo The real name of the poet, who prefers the pen name, 'Nolo Segundo' (which in Latin means: 'I don't want to be second') is L. J. Carber, a retired teacher in his 70's now who has led a peaceful life since his marriage 40 years ago. But his 20's were more like Dicken's '...the best of times, the worst of times...'At 20 he went to England for his junior year abroad at the University of Manchester. At 23 he studied at the London Film School-- he has always loved the movies-- but for some reason, perhaps due in part to the end of a love affair, he dropped out, came back to America and suffered a major clinical depression and a total nervous breakdown wherein he stopped eating, sleeping, and even emoting, and soon he shooked like an old man with Parkinson's disease. Fearing being commtted to an asylum for the rest of his life, he jumped off a bridge into a Vermont river. Before he jumped, he believed only in materialism, the idea that only matter is real-- so no God, no soul, no ultimate meaning to life. But whilst drowning he found his soul, a consciousness that exists endlessly, and it was suffering now far more than anything his mind had been tormented with. Then he called out to God, the God he thought he had stopped believing in after childhood, and he was 'released' back into this world. He would go on to have other paranormal experiences over the years, not often, quite rare actually, but enough to reveal to him that another 'reality' permeates this world we perceive with our limited senses and limited minds. Two years after his near-suicide, he took a job teaching ESL in the war zone of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, in 1973-74. There he developed a deep affection for the Cambodian people and though he heard stories about the brutality of the Khmer Rouge, to this day he cannot understand how they could have murdered upwards of 2 million of their own people, the gentlest people he has ever lived amongst. After the war forced him to leave Cambodia, he spent over a year teaching ESL in Taipei and later in Tokyo. A year after he returned to the States, he met the Chinese woman he would marry. Some of his poems are about the strange thing called aging, and its paradoxical way of wearing down the body while gradually-or so it seems to him--- freeing the soul. But many of his poems try to explore that inexplicable Mystery permeating each one of us-- whether we are aware or not-- and that seems to manifest Itself every so often, in ways subtle or strange. Over the years many people have shared their own strange 'encounters' with him, often much to his surprise. At times the poet has felt that life is just one long dream, and he has dreamt such dreams many, many times before....
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