The Weed A Poem

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Excerpt from The Weed: A Poem Hush I the bright goddess comes, she draweth nigh, Mirth on her lips and mischief in her eye Earth dons her best the jocund dame to greet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Don't smoke this book, just read it to attain incredible rhyming insights into topics such as tattoos, graffiti, gambling, dieting, technology, internet porn, wealth, UFO's, climate change, the film industry and also some less significant topics, such as the Big Bang that created the universe. When there's no weed left anywhere on Earth, there will still be the awesome humor of Paul Jeffrey Davids to get you high with laughter. From the Award-winning Princeton poet who brought you six STAR WARS best selling books from Lucasfilm and Random House / Bantam, who was production coordinator and co-writer of the original animated TRANSFORMERS TV series, and who produced films such as Showtime's ROSWELL and Universal's THE SCI-FI BOYS.

I'm pleased that the leaders of our country have changed their stance on the cannabis plant. Too many people for too many years have been victims of a broken system. Progress in the cannabis industry has been slow but steady. Today, giant steps are being made to correct misunderstandings on both sides of the political table. Health care laws, in many states, are removing the handcuffs and shackles from the cannabis industry and allowing the plant to be used for personal and medical benefits. It doesn't matter if you are for it or against it, cannabis is not going away. The poems in this book represent a cultural shift in the way we conceive cannabis. Monsters and mad men are finding balance between acceptance and inclusion. The former have been exposed for the fools they are, and the later still have more work to do. Today the cannabis plant is safe, healthy, and legal in many states. Civil progress is being made to deregulate a controlled substance that didn't need to be overtly controlled in the first place. Many new jobs and products are being introduced to the market place and people are more educated about the cannabis industry than ever before. Fewer numbers of people are being arrested and more taxes are being paid. I thank my lucky stars every night that I'm still alive during this time of great social change. I get to witness a cultural recovery that's long overdue. It will take time and it will get better but it will take everything we have to make a difference in our nation. I think it's time to turn the political spotlight from marijuana and let it shine on the hemp industry and let the products being made from the cannabis plant heal our country and the world community. My music is in the pages of this book. It's in the ink and on the paper, and in the margins from both sides. I ponder the rhythm and long for the rhyme of it all. I believe together we can dance into the future and if the poem is wrong we can always keep dancing until we get it right. Everyone has a secret garden with a bench. The secret is, to be still long enough to find it. Chuck Allen, Jr.

"Welcome to the vibrant intersection where the rhythm of poetry meets the mellowness of marijuana. In 'Poetry & Marijuana, ' we embark on an illuminating exploration into the intriguing dance between the effects of cannabis and the creative minds of poets. Join us on this unique journey as we unravel the poetic tapestry woven under the influence, delving into the profound connections between heightened imagination, introspection, and the gentle embrace of Mary Jane. Get ready to blaze a trail through the hazy corridors of inspiration, where verses and vapors collide to create an intoxicating symphony of words and weed."

Winner of the 2021 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award! Winner of the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry Winner of a 2021 High Plains Book Award for First Book! Finalist for the 2020 City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize! A 2020 CBC Poetry Book of the Year! Finalist for a 2021 High Plains Book Award for Poetry Bertrand Bickersteth's debut poetry collection explores what it means to be black and Albertan through a variety of prisms: historical, biographical, and essentially, geographical. The Response of Weeds offers a much-needed window on often overlooked contributions to the province's character and provides personal perspectives on the question of black identity on the prairies. Through these rousing and evocative poems, Bickersteth uses language to call up the contours of the land itself, land that is at once mesmerizing as it is dismissively effacing. Such is black identity here on this paradoxical land, too.