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Poetry books are generally ignored, unless the poet is famous. By its very nature, poetry is tuned to emotions and feelings in a person. Very often, such feelings are transitionary, and after emotionally moving a reader, poems often leave them without a residual meaning in their mind. In this book, Short Poems, Long Tales, the poet conveys a message that is perhaps a bit more lasting. It modifies the understanding process and makes it more relevant to living in the 21st century, where we have a global culture. Now, it is important to leave narrow views behind and look ahead. Discriminating people, are very hurtful, but will be with us for the foreseeable future. We must learn how to live with them. Poems in this book help with that. A second parameter they address is gauging the actual passage of time. Most people are not mindful of this and live their lives without realizing how time passed away. The third aspect is universal human instincts that are common to people around the globe. The mood proposed by the author in this book is to learn to deal with each other in the concept of live-and-let-live. This is in the theme of Sufi poems.
The entire learning from this book of poetry is to enable a more thoughtful and understanding person. At times, some poems are mildly witty in a refreshing way.
About the author
Rashid Osmani has been writing poetry since 2009. The release of his book, 'Short Poems, Long Tales' is his fifth book of poetry, published in 2021. Professionally, he is an Engineer and was the Vice-President of Engineering at several leading Global Companies in the US. He has an MSEE from IIT (Chicago) and 13 US patents.The way he started writing poetry is explained in one of his books. His poems make a reader think and reflect and are not based purely on imagination and fantasy. According to a reviewer, 'the themes of poems range from soulful and uplifting to the common patterns of life. The author deserves heartfelt commendation from the readers for exposing such a wide range of emotions in such a courageous manner.' Poems are based on the themes of Sufi poetry.Rashid has travelled widely around the globe and lives in the Chicago area for the past 40 years. He plans on continuing to write and remain engaged to poems in future. A website ( https://www.osmanipoetry.com) provides updates on a weekly basis.
