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    Quiet Destiny
    Quiet Destiny
    Quiet Destiny
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    Quiet Destiny

    By Aloysius K. Itoka

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    This book of poems give a vivid picture of the civil crisis that engulfed the country in late 1989 and the tremendous destruction meted out to the people and the country of Liberia. The styles are simple and can be easily understood.

    After the military coup in 1980, the country undertook several development projects such as the building of roads, bridges, and infrastructures like schools and colleges. While many invested in minerals, they flocked the countryside. Forest trees were at its highest level, and forest project was shipped to various parts of the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateApr 2, 2012
    ISBN9781466912588
    Quiet Destiny
    Author

    Aloysius K. Itoka

    Having lived through the horrors of civil war and experienced the killing of people, death of innocent lives, he attempts to portray in poetic form the evil minds of humans against one another—that they should place their hopes aspirations and destinies in the Creator and not in their fellow men.

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      Book preview

      Quiet Destiny - Aloysius K. Itoka

      CONTENTS

      DEDICATION

      INTRODUCTION

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      BRIEF INFORMATION

      ABOUT THE BOOK

      THE GOOD OLD DAYS

      THE CAVALLA RIVER

      HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MAN

      HE IS LORD

      I HEARD NO ROOSTER CROW

      THE DISAPPOINTED POLICEMEN

      LIVE NOT IN DISGRACE

      LIZARDS, LIZARDS EVERYWHERE

      THE JUJUMAN

      RIVER CAVALLA FLOWS FOREVER

      LET PEACE PREVAIL

      WHICH WAY MARYLAND

      KEYWORDS OF THE POEMS

      DEDICATION

      This book of poems is lovingly dedicated to the memory of my parents for their care and sacrifices made in my behalf during their lifetime.

      To my parents and relatives whose unabated advice and examples encouraged me to be able to attain this goal.

      To all those who in anyway assisted in its production particularly my nephew Francis M. Freeman who financially supported it, this work is humbly and sincerely dedicated.

      INTRODUCTION

      QUIET DESTINY, is a collection of poems, written by the author, for the entertainment of individuals at every level of experience; students and indeed anybody with an interest in poetry. These ideas which are in some cases imaginative, are also sometimes interwoven with realities; THE GOOD OLD DAYS; I HEARD NO ROOSTER CROW and LIVE NOT IN DISGRACE. For those who have poetic talents, these poems would be found most suitable for the styles are simple and can be easily understood. As you read through the lines you will observe that most of the

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