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    Life Is Like a Diamond, Hard yet Valuable
    Life Is Like a Diamond, Hard yet Valuable
    Life Is Like a Diamond, Hard yet Valuable
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    Life Is Like a Diamond, Hard yet Valuable

    By Kareem Andrew Alfred

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    This book is based on real life experiences and fictional imaginative visions of the author. These poems reflect the mind of a young adult growing up in many different aspects of life. There are poems of pain, love, sorrow, ambition, race and many other factors that makeup the author's thinking process.
    "As a writer, one's thoughts an beliefs change overtime, tomorrow the way I see things will change but that's how evolution occurs. Some poems are a documentation of those changes, and as my mindset enhances, so does its thoughts upon which it sits over time."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 19, 2011
    ISBN9781463448738
    Life Is Like a Diamond, Hard yet Valuable
    Author

    Kareem Andrew Alfred

    "What makes the human mind qualified to express feelings and desires? My answer is remembrance." This book reflects and documents the world through my eyes, some are my own experiences and the experiences of others. My two prior books were written from a one sided view point, I guess as I got older and groomed, there are two sides to every full moon. I am currently serving in the United States Air Force. I was born in Trinidad and Tobago but now that I'm living in the United States, I am proud to be here. Kareem A. Alfred

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      Life Is Like a Diamond, Hard yet Valuable - Kareem Andrew Alfred

      © 2011 Kareem Andrew Alfred. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 8/16/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-4875-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-4874-5 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-4873-8 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011914176

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Know The Soul

      Brightest Bulb

      Ditch

      Won’t You

      No More Religious

      Discipline Is The Art Of War

      Good Monday

      Life

      Liverpool FC

      I’m Use To

      High Pride Has Risen To

      To Learn Is A Gift

      Ambition Brings The Price Of Pain

      State Of A Coma

      Captain Kidd

      African Drum

      Blandishments of Caesar

      King Kong

      Mind changes Fast In Thoughts

      To Be Seduced By The Sphinx

      Spiritual Eyes

      Masonic Pledge

      Price Of Fame

      I’m Potent Like A Bee, Yow

      Boom

      World’s Barbershop

      Who Am I Amongst Egyptian Gods?

      Four Teardrops

      If Beauty Was A Mystery

      Fables From Tales Of A Sorrowful Soul

      Knighted With Problems

      In memory Of Steve Irwin

      Boxed Memories

      Life Or Death

      Blunder’s Clutch Bends Axels’ Axis

      In Every Eden

      Wind

      Daylight Cries

      Give Me Truth

      To All The Bad Times That Lead Through This World

      Golden Hearted For The Mighty Dollar

      True Blood Diamonds

      Journeys

      Dancing Tigers

      Abundance

      Stay True To Yourself Amongst The Weak

      Touché

      Money

      Teamwork

      Jade

      Me

      Black Jesus

      Feather’s Plume

      To Rob And Loot

      A Soul For Seoul

      Thanksgiving

      The Greatest Fear

      Lover’s Corn

      From Distant Meadows

      Shattered Glass Of Priceless Hearts

      Wolf Pack Of Rage

      Fruit

      Contribute

      My Gift

      White Page

      Smile

      Bobby Fischer

      Ireland

      Black Superman

      Nightingale

      Corridor Of Pendulum Guillotines

      I’ve Changed

      True Revenge

      Self Noosed

      Death’s Stone

      All Black Bus

      Always Faithful

      Hearts They Know Nothing Of

      Let’s Play Catch Up

      Birthday

      Haiti

      Word For Greatness

      One Day

      The Life Of A Writer

      Muay Thai’s Little Fish

      Two-Nineteen

      Oh Gentlemen

      Little Mouse Squeaks

      For Seeds To Grow They Must Decay

      Grandma

      Besides Truth And Pen

      Fruits Of My Flaws

      Money And Power

      The Road

      What I Fear

      Assassin Of Cupid

      Black As The Sea

      Money Grows On Trees

      Will Smith

      Page Break

      Everything

      Daddy Made The Front Page

      Purple & Green

      Afford

      Yow

      Few Obtain Arrays

      Happy Workers

      They Finger Me

      Caterpillar

      Oprah Winfrey

      Beauty

      Squirrel On A Tree Branch Fern

      The Paint Or Painting

      Tatanka Ohitika

      In With The New Out With The Pain

      What’s The Difference?

      Whoa Men to Women

      Inside Me

      Broken Seeds Are Fruitful

      Every

      Not Every Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded

      America

      Arms Aim Like Amebas

      Talent

      If I Became A Millionaire Tomorrow

      Can Soup

      New Year’s Resolution

      Cupid’s Thoughts

      Black And Ambitious

      Created Equal

      Kisses And Tears

      Forsake Failure’s Intuition

      Destiny Can Be Male Or Female

      Opinionative Views Are Self-Owned

      The Pan

      If Heaven Was A Democracy

      That I Am

      Freedom The Fallen

      Rain Is The Religion Of The Atmosphere

      How Many Chucks

      Invest In Her Past

      I’ll Make It

      The Masters

      Sleep

      The Stone

      The Human Brain

      No Fire Unattended

      A Young Indian Man

      Confederate Flag

      The Fear of Failure Is The Greatest Tool Ever

      Odd

      Everyone Else

      Prescriptions

      Lynyrd Skynyrd

      Progress

      Every Star

      If Love Gives It Up

      Thoughts Fall As Snowflakes

      The Body Is A Temple

      All Purpose Seasoning

      Something Is Better

      Moses Saw Me

      One

      Infinity

      Anthony & Andrew

      Never Let A Pretty Face Define Who You Are

      For The Nation

      Robin And The Hawk

      In G.O.D We Trust

      M.O.N.E.Y

      Valentines Day

      Caliber Dreams

      Perfection isn’t Perfect

      Win

      Oil, Gold and Water

      Old Gray

      You People

      Love Goes While Sorrow Grows New Generations

      Ice Cube

      Jai Ho

      Intimacy

      Knowledge Is Key

      Chess Day In Bryant Park

      When A Star Is Born

      Bob Ross

      Love Is Blinding

      It Has Crashed Before

      Word

      Scrimmaged

      I’ve Thrown Away

      My Name Is On The Mail Box

      Mathematics

      Really?

      Success

      Which One?

      Beer

      You Got What It Takes

      Dear Suicide

      It Takes A Special Breed

      La Pucelle Of Kasparov

      Above And Beyond One Hundred Percent

      Two Gods

      The Arrow Or The Bow

      Golden Laces

      To Venus

      Learn From Your Mistakes

      When I Was Young

      Spending Culture

      Actions

      Predators

      Thirst Day

      Diseases

      Happy Holidays

      Negro

      Married

      Red Rose On The Ground

      Death’s Dearth

      Happy New Year

      Great

      Bizarre

      Class

      Golden

      Yes

      English Money

      Plot And Plan

      Idiot Proof

      New York City

      Olive Oil

      No Loyalty Repays

      Cruel To Whom It Cools Like Wind

      Mason’s Code

      Most People

      King’s Penny

      To The People

      Valentine’s Day

      Born American Injunction

      When Seasons Turn old

      Bastard OF War

      Defiant Are We

      The Truth Can’t Evolve Only Lies Can

      Every

      My Pillow

      My Cousin O’Kello

      Drinking

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