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An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a poem is worth...
by Phetote Mshairi View publisher's profile page

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An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments takes you on an adventure into the fertile imagination of an Old Fart with an unbridled poetic license. Brace yourself for designed lyrical chaos that covers a wide range of fascinating subjects wrapped in over 25 different poetry styles.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, a poem is worth a thousand sentiments. An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments takes you on adventure into the fertile imagination of an Old Fart with an unbridled poetic license. Brace yourself for designed lyrical chaos that covers a wide range of fascinating subjects including love, breakups, fantasy, words of wisdom, spirituality, nature, freedom, civil rights, life, death, healing, motivation, humor, the COVID-19 pandemic from the viruses' point of view, etc. This creative lyrical literary resource highlights over twenty-five styles of poetry (and how they're structured) including a few that were created by Phetote Mshairi based on variations of other styles. Take a stroll through the wilderness of wonders with an Old Fart and discover one of your new favorite forms of poetry in An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments. Ever since Old Fart could form sentences, he has been sentenced to a life of making sense of life by translating sentiments into rhythmic sentences call poetry. Poetry is an artform that has countless clearly defined styles. How a poem is written determines the type of poem it is. (If the formula is off, it becomes a different potion.) It's up to the discipline, skill, vocabulary, courage, and imagination of the writer to maintain the parameters and integrity of the form of poem they're writing. An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments is Phetote Mshairi's ode to the artistry of poetry.
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Phetote (Fee toh tee) Mshairi (Em shah ee ree) is a poet/interdisciplinary artist with Tulsa Artist Fellowship; owner/publisher at New Greenwood, LLC; Vice-Chair of the Poetry Committee and member of the Programming Committee at Living Arts of Tulsa; and a Greenwood Art Project artist from Tulsa, OK (2021). He got his Bachelor of Business Administration from Langston University. He is the editor and publisher of RELEASE ME, the Spirits of Greenwood Speak anthology; writer/publisher of An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments; and writer/publisher of publications in the works from children's books to anthologies advocating literacy (Tulsa Artist Fellows Inciting: LITERACY). He has curated over 100 poetry events and performed in over 500 live multi-disciplinary collaborative events. Phetote is also a mentor with 100 Black Men of Tulsa, community activist, poetry slam champion, copywriter, songwriter, host, actor, keynote speaker, and perpetual learner. Ever since Phetote could form sentences, he's been sentenced to a life of making sense of life by translating sentiments into rhythmic sentences. Phetote Mshairi writes for those at a loss for words.
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Book details

Genre:POETRY

Subgenre:General

Language:English

Pages:356

Paperback ISBN:9781735687230


Overview


An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments takes you on an adventure into the fertile imagination of an Old Fart with an unbridled poetic license. Brace yourself for designed lyrical chaos that covers a wide range of fascinating subjects wrapped in over 25 different poetry styles.

Read more

Description


If a picture is worth a thousand words, a poem is worth a thousand sentiments. An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments takes you on adventure into the fertile imagination of an Old Fart with an unbridled poetic license. Brace yourself for designed lyrical chaos that covers a wide range of fascinating subjects including love, breakups, fantasy, words of wisdom, spirituality, nature, freedom, civil rights, life, death, healing, motivation, humor, the COVID-19 pandemic from the viruses' point of view, etc. This creative lyrical literary resource highlights over twenty-five styles of poetry (and how they're structured) including a few that were created by Phetote Mshairi based on variations of other styles. Take a stroll through the wilderness of wonders with an Old Fart and discover one of your new favorite forms of poetry in An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments. Ever since Old Fart could form sentences, he has been sentenced to a life of making sense of life by translating sentiments into rhythmic sentences call poetry. Poetry is an artform that has countless clearly defined styles. How a poem is written determines the type of poem it is. (If the formula is off, it becomes a different potion.) It's up to the discipline, skill, vocabulary, courage, and imagination of the writer to maintain the parameters and integrity of the form of poem they're writing. An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments is Phetote Mshairi's ode to the artistry of poetry.

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About the author


Phetote (Fee toh tee) Mshairi (Em shah ee ree) is a poet/interdisciplinary artist with Tulsa Artist Fellowship; owner/publisher at New Greenwood, LLC; Vice-Chair of the Poetry Committee and member of the Programming Committee at Living Arts of Tulsa; and a Greenwood Art Project artist from Tulsa, OK (2021). He got his Bachelor of Business Administration from Langston University. He is the editor and publisher of RELEASE ME, the Spirits of Greenwood Speak anthology; writer/publisher of An Old Fart and a Thousand Sentiments; and writer/publisher of publications in the works from children's books to anthologies advocating literacy (Tulsa Artist Fellows Inciting: LITERACY). He has curated over 100 poetry events and performed in over 500 live multi-disciplinary collaborative events. Phetote is also a mentor with 100 Black Men of Tulsa, community activist, poetry slam champion, copywriter, songwriter, host, actor, keynote speaker, and perpetual learner. Ever since Phetote could form sentences, he's been sentenced to a life of making sense of life by translating sentiments into rhythmic sentences. Phetote Mshairi writes for those at a loss for words.
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