When I regretted
Why God is stingy
In showering me
With wealth
He took my health
Goading me
With a threat of death!
Praying when
I recuperated
I realized
Foolishly I had been
Daydreaming for wealth
Oblivious
My health
Is my number
One wealth!///
Who is Alem Hailu ?
He is an emerging Ethiopian poet,translator and author of all literary genres in the medium of English language.
He is penetrating the global book market stamping a foot print on the firmament of literature.
If you peruse his work you could note ,with poems of local touch and national sentiment like 'Come to Ethiopia' and 'Great Tiding' , he is playing an ambassadorial role in several international poetry blogs from Australia to America .His poems have proved trending.
He has achieved global presence via
www.poetrypoem.com
www.hellopoetry.com
www.poemhunter.com
www.allpoetry.com
www.writeoutloud.com
www.novelcollective.com / Australia
www.poemabout.com
His books and posters showcasing the knack of an Ethiopian author are cracking open publishers hearts' from Europe to America(www.united -p.c.eu ) (Austria),www.lulu.com(America), www.trafford .com America)
From the publisher or amazon and the like, you can order for his books aiming at entertaining,edifying,style-showing,seeking an outlet to east African voice,finding a niche to Ethiopian authors in the global literary scene and teaching the English language.
Specially schools,colleges,universities and libraries, people running stationeries,book malls and cultural unites of different embassies could benefit from making his works available on their shelf.
To foreigners his work could serve as a window story.
His works include
1) In the Vortex of Passion's Wind
A poetic Drama on the Wrong Turns of life( HIV and AIDS )
It is also meant to serve a language teaching material to Higher Learning Institutions and Preparatory Schools
A useful input for performing artists
By Alem Hailu G/Kristos
ISBN:978-3-7103-2109-2
www.united- p.c.eu
Austria
2) A Boon of Classic Poems
(Translation in Amharic)
A collection of selected classic poem
By Alem Hailu G/Kristos
ISBN: 978-1-312-94998-0
www.lulu.com, America
3) A Vent to Stifled Emotion
A debut collection of poems
By Alem Hailu
ISBN: 978-1-4907-5675-2(sc)
978-1-4907-5674-5(e)
www.Traffordpublishing.com
America
4) The Truth and Dawn
and Other palatable Short Stories
of both mix: Art for art's sake and life's sake
By Alem Hailu G/Kristos
IBN 978-1-329-43915-390000
www.lulu.com
America
5) Pupil's poem(Full Color)
Rhyming poems for pupils and learners of the language
Systematically selected words and expressions to upgrade the language proficiency of students.
Inspires pupils to read as well as write poems.
Lulu.com, America
ISBN: 5800111090472
6) Hope from the Debris of hopelessness
A Novel with the theme “Disability is not inability! ”
By UnitedP.C is in the pipeline
ISBN:
