Vincent J. Tomeo

Broschiertes Buch

The Usefulness of Hippopotamus

A Humorous Chapbook for Trying Times

Beschreibung

I am staring at a blank piece of paper, wondering what to write. Where do I begin? My mind begins to wander-pleasant thoughts of Disney's Fantasia dance in my head. The dancing hippopotamus comes to mind, and this made me laugh. The result: I penned a poem on the hippopotamus from which a chapbook was born: The Usefulness of Hippopotamus: A Humorous Chapbook for Trying Times. One cannot imagine a world without humor. Without humor, the world will be dark, cold, and a sad place, tragically lacking joy, cheerfulness, and laughter. Humor is medicine. During rough times, humor will help lighten and lessen physical and mental anxiety. In challenging times, I chose humor. During the Pandemic, I had to deal with my bladder cancer. In my struggle not to get depressed or dwell in negativity, to find solace, contentment, and peace, I chose to seek out beauty and laugh. In search of happiness, the humor worked its charm, resulting in a treasure chest of joy. So, I wrote my chapbook, The Usefulness of Hippopotamus: A Humorous Chapbook for Trying Times and discovered humor even among the hippopotami! You can, too. Peace & flowers.Love & light. Vincent J. Tomeo, Author/Poet The hippopotamus, "Paving a route, creating streams, roads for other animals to navigate their way."The humor has strains of Twain running throughout, mixed with simpler, childlike puns."I will splash upon your walls to bring you golden light, / and whisper cryptic messages to help you walk between the shadows." -US REVIEW OF BOOKS "The readers become part of this mix of reality and imagination; for example, the poem "Thirty Seniors at the Movie" describes a busy movie theatre, which the reader can see and listen to clearly.""This book celebrates humanity by highlighting creativity, resilience, and relationships with one another." -PACIFIC BOOK REVIEW

Autor

Vincent J. Tomeo was born and raised in Corona, Queens, NYC, and has lived in the most diversified urban area on the planet his entire life. He has recited his poetry everywhere across the United States, throughout Queens, and internationally, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Italy, Tanzania, Kenya, Spain, Morocco, Portugal, Germany, and France. Vincent J. Tomeo is a poet. Regarding poetry, his proudest accomplishments are the publication of his book on June 2, 2020, "My Cemetery Friends: A Garden of Encounters at Mount Saint Mary in Queens, New York" see blog: vincentjtomeo.com) winning Honorable Mention in the Rainer Maria Rilke International Poetry Competition and having His poem, "A View from a Tower in Calabria, Italy," sculpted into marble in Italy. (You can read that story online, "Times Ledger: Flushing poet honored in Italy. Immortal Words, poem sculpted into marble, March 24-30, 2017.") Vincent J. Tomeo, an NYC author, is widely published in both the US and internationally. In July 2018, Vincent was awarded "The Best Overall Free Verse" by United Poets Laureate International World Brotherhood and Peace Through Poetry, World Congress of Poets, Bangkok, Thailand, for his poem, "I Visited the Grave of Marine Michael D. Glover." Another unique publication is Vincent's poem, "Idaho," framed, mounted, and displayed on a wall in the Idaho Potato Museum, Blackfoot, Id. In 2021, two of Mr. Tomeo's poems, "Belleau Wood 2020" and "Remembering A corona Marine, US Marine, Private William Frederick Moore," will be distributed and read in schools as part of the Aisne-Marne (WWI) Cemetery Project, Rue des Chevaliers Colomb, 02400 Belleau, France. Author of, My Cemetery Friends: A Garden of Encounter at Mount Saint Mary in Queens, New York, It is a celebration of life in a garden setting and much more, and The Usefulness of Hippopotamus: A Humorous Chapbook for a Trying Times. Humor is the best medicine. View blog; vincentjtomeo.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bookside Press
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 89g
• ISBN-13: 9781778833496
• ISBN-10: 1778833497
• Artikelnr.: 70644476