The Sculpture of This Day
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Ibrahim Honjo was born 1948 in the former Yugoslavia. Since January 1995 he has lived in Canada. Honjo is a poet-writer, sculptor, painter, photographer, and property manager who writes in his native language and in English. His work has appeared in many magazines, newspapers, and on radio stations in Yugoslavia where he worked as an economist and journalist. He was also a book editor; newspaper editor; marketing director; and organizer of many poetry events and festivals. His poems have also been published in several magazines and radio stations in Canada and USA. He is the author of 25 published books and one book with another author. His work is represented in more than 20 anthologies. Some of his poems have been translated into: Italian, Spanish, Korean, Slovenian, Bahsa, Mongolian and German.
Prizes and Awards received:
Award for book “Stone to stone” 1976. Yugoslavia; Word poetry lifetime Achievement Award 2010, Canada; Several editors’ awards & awards for excellence in Canada and US; Pentasi B Award 2016, Ghana; Several awards in India 2016; Award R.M.P 2017. Morocco
Events attended:
Reckoning 2007, BC writing & publishing, Vancouver, BC; Word on the Street (Book/Magazine festival) 2009 Vancouver.; Africa Day Festival 2007 and 2008; Pandora’s Summer Dream Festival Vancouver; Denman Car free festival Vancouver; At least 20 poetry festivals in former Yugoslavia. (1971 – 1991.); Poetry Festival Pentasi B, Accra, Ghana.2016; Poetry festival in Jaipur India 2016; Writers’ conference in Udaipur India 2016; Poetry festival Rabat Morocco 2017
Other Books by Ibrahim Honjo
Do not write this down (2006); Roots in the Stone (Back Yard Publishing) 2008; Enigma from the Stone (Publish America) 2010; Threads of My Essence (Publish America) 2011; Poems I didn’t want to Write - some other dreams (Back Yard Publishing) 2011; How to Touch Eternity Down the Mahalla (Back Yard Publishing) 2016
Overture for Surviving in the World of Dreams (Back Yard Publishing) 2016;
Ibrahim Honjo
Honjo is a poet-writer, sculptor, painter, photographer, and property manager who writes in his native language and in English. His work has appeared in many magazines, newspapers, and on radio stations in Yugoslavia where he worked as an economist and journalist.
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The Sculpture of This Day - Ibrahim Honjo
The Sculpture of This Day
by Ibrahim Honjo
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The Sculpture of This Day
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I saw the angel in the marble
and carved until I set him free
~ Michelangelo
THE SCULPTURE OF THIS DAY
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Honjo, Ibrahim, 1948-, author
The sculpture of this day / Ibrahim Honjo.
Includes index.
Poems.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-927616-71-0 (softcover).--ISBN 978-1-927616-72-7 (PDF)
I. Title.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to extend my special thanks to my dear friend Candice James for editing, her
advice and support and special thanks for her help on the cover design.
I want to thank my daughters Una and Stella for their love and support throughout the
years, and last but not least, thanks to Silver Bow Publishing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I ASKANCE LOOK FROM PLANET GAMAJATA
Askance look from planet Gamajata
II SCENT OF LAVENDER AND SEA
No Other Women Like You Muse
Poem About My Darling
What Bothers Me
Beyond the Sea
How to Grow Together
Glitter in My Eyes
Waste of Hope in the Eyes
Waiting
How