The Cries Of The Butterfly

A collection of poems to help you take a look at your mind, soul, and heart. Who are you? How do you exist in this world? Let's talk about it.

In success and gain, He was the world's biggest loser. In defeat and loss, He became the world's biggest winner... His name was Wolf Butcher. And Wolf Butcher was the world's most privileged man, with everything any human being could ever ask for. That is until one bright spring morning, when in one cruel stroke, he loses it all - including his beloved daughter. Unable to cope, and on the brink, he is rescued by two seemingly unrelated strangers: Savannah, a beautiful 29 year old discarded woman; and Robin, a sparkling 8 year old orphan girl being raised in a children's Home. Wolf desperately needs them both - to survive, to breathe again. But then Wolf is tossed a cruel and impossible ultimatum by the powers that be - choose one of them! It's an ultimatum he simply cannot accept. Fatally trapped, with no way out, and with three lives at stake, Wolf is compelled to make a stunning and disturbing decision...a decision that'll impact not just three lives, but rock the whole nation. 'THE CRIES OF THE BUTTERFLY' is an emotionally charged Love Pentacle - one man's five-branched love story. It's a heart-wrenching tale of love between Wolf Butcher and Savannah. And it's a soul-stirring love story between him and the little girl, Robin. It is an enriching love story between Wolf and his father, the all-powerful President of the nation. And it's an uplifting tale of love between him and his brother, Art. Finally, it's a compelling love story between Wolf and his best friend, a woman named Rochelle.

Can Butterflies Cry? as written by Automatic Writing All of my books are written by automatic writing. As I have explained in my first book 'Sleep never comes for those that did not reach the other side' It was the beginning of an urge to fulfil an agreement, to tell the stories of the lost souls, to help them accept death and move on. This book also includes stories from my childhood experiences and how and where I was when I first encountered my spirit friends and what I have learned from being their interpreter. I asked my guide a long time ago 'Why do they come to me?' His answer was in simplicity 'They do not come to give you proof of life. They come for you to give them life after life' I am not the judge, just the storyteller.

In five sections—Childhood, Migration, Half/First Generation, Return, and Future—the thirty-three contributors to this anthology write movingly, often hauntingly, of their lives in Haiti and the United States. Their dyaspora, much like a butterfly's fluctuating path, is a shifting landscape in which there is much travel between two worlds, between their place of origin and their adopted land. This compilation of essays and poetry brings together Haitian-Americans of different generations and backgrounds, linking the voices for whom English is a first language and others whose dreams will always be in French and Kreyòl. Community activists, scholars, visual artists and filmmakers join renowned journalists, poets, novelists and memoirists to produce a poignant portrayal of lives in transition. Edwidge Danticat, in her powerful introduction, pays tribute to Jean Dominique, a sometime participant in the Haitian dyaspora and a recent martyr to Haiti's troubled politics, and the many members of the dyaspora who refused to be silenced. Their stories confidently and passionately illustrate the joys and heartaches, hopes and aspirations of a relatively new group of immigrants belonging to two countries that have each at times maligned and embraced them.

When I lost my four-year-old granddaughter due to a car accident, my world came to a complete stop. My friends gave me books on grief, but nothing I read helped me, so I decided to write this book. It is raw and tells everything I went through, with no filter. I wanted to bring the process of grieving out into the open and not dance around topics that others don’t want to discuss, such as anger, severe depression, and thoughts of suicide. Grieving is a series of missteps, misinterpretations, and good intentions gone awry. This book is about not only grieving but also healing, which is sometimes just as difficult. Letting go of guilt and other burdens we sometimes carry can be daunting, but if we try really hard, we can find our way through to the light at the end of the tunnel.

There are no limits to where a butterfly can go or what it can achieve. In its caterpillar-like state of pattern, it is limited and predictable. However, upon its transformation, only the butterfly can speak to its journey and knows the struggle, the strength, resilience, and patience it takes to emerge from its resting place, new and improved, better and stronger, more prepared to fly in its potential, no longer crawling in its pattern. The butterfly knows the cocoon is a guiding post, not its final destination. This cocoon is where the butterfly's life goes from ordinary to extraordinary. She would emerge unique, one of a kind. Relentless in her commitment and fortitude to break free from the protective confinements of her cocoon, she emerges boldly spreading her big, beautiful wings without hesitation. Not for the world's pleasure, but for the realization that without literally opening herself to receive, there is no way she could fly. She moves about at her own pace and with a determination only she knows.

Giacomo Puccini, composer of some of the world's most popular operas, including La Boheme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, was also a highly literary person who based his librettos on existing works of literature. This work explores that literary inheritance in an effort to enhance the listener's appreciation of the operatic experience. The author argues that the majority of Puccini's operas compose a grand cycle that finds its roots in the romance genre of 12th century France, serving to celebrate the strong, independent heroine. Via a close examination of the source works, the librettos, and the scores, this book offers fresh perspective on Puccini's legacy.