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I find it really interesting that I write poetry, let alone have a collection of poems that has been compiled into a book. I never liked poetry and I still cannot call or see myself as a poet. As a young boy, I saw poetry to be a complicated form of writing only attempted by great sages or people who wanted to give students a miserable time.
This perception changed during the McMillan writing contest for Africa. I was a very little boy then but still decided to try. In the course of my research, I came across poetry in a completely different form. I encountered poetry that sounded beautiful, almost musical and magical, and still made complete sense. I particularly remember falling in love with Blakes’s poem, “Tyger, tyger, burning bright.” Gradually, my eyes were opened to the beauty that is poetry and the latent power that she possesses.

Yet, I did not start writing until one day when I felt utterly betrayed by a close friend. Left with no one to talk to, I poured out my emotions with just pen and paper. That experience began my love affair with poetry. I poured out all my heart and kept on writing and writing until I could write no more. Then as I wrote my last word, a heavenly sense of peace descended on me. I had poured out all the pain and in its place was a beautifully indescribable feeling. That is how I began my journey with poetry.

As you may notice, these poems are not purely academic writings meant to be dissected word by word by some poor students and then left on the shelf forever. These are plain but beautiful writings that come from the core of my being and even personas that I do not know. It is a book filled with with my tears and sorrows, fears and aspirations, dreams and goals.

Please join me as I fall in and out of love. Help me in my quest to find the meaning of love. Protect me, if you can, from giving my heart out to someone who will only break it. See the world through the eyes of a little boy, sometimes absolutely gorgeous, other times terribly horrendous. Share my tears when I bitterly cry for my beloved Africa and even as you lament with me listen to the praise songs of that beautiful continent. Above all, help me in my search for the purpose of life.

This book is more than an anthology of poems. It is my humble gift to the world. I hope that through the eyes of a young boy, we shall learn to sing, dare to dream, pause to breathe, see the beauty of nature and above all feel the pulse that is the heartbeat of life.

Kwadwo Juantuah
January 9th, 2008.
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)

“Morning of Gold is brilliant! A definite must read... written with a Midas touch.”

-King Lemuel Mills, Gates Cambridge Scholar, University of Cambridge.

“…Kwadwo captures normal human experiences in vivid poetry that tickles the senses and challenges the mind…”
-Mrs. C.S. Akyeampong, Former Head of English Department, PRESEC-Legon, Ghana.

“…A Ghanaian Poetic Genius…”
-Mr. Michael Adjei, New York.

“…Morning of Gold would touch your heart.”
- Ato Ulzen-Appiah, Stanford University. Chair of GhanaThink & Founder of Museke.com.

“...Kojo’s work has a lot more to offer than words. His thoughts and insights are are as deep as the satisfaction drawn from his work...”
- Ishmael Adjetey Osekre, Columbia University. Columnist - Columbia Spectator.

“Kwadwo Juantuah who personifies a modern day Shakespeare was probably born to teach the Englishman how to write his own language”
-Merari Alomele, The Spectator.

“This is an incredible book that brings poetry to life. It is a must read for every poetry aficionado.”
-Julian Adomako - Gyimah, Author, Smile Africa and Recall

“Kwadwo is not writing alone. He stands with the history of his homeland, with love and with hope in this extensive collection of traditional poems. The reader walks in ancient light.”
-Vicky Hayes, Berea College.

“Juantuah is a prolific writer... Many of his poems give a youthful voice to the topics of love, hope and dreams. Others demonstrate a wisdom beyond his 17 years, giving intimate account of moral struggles, commentary on world events, insight on political and social issues and reflections on nature.”
-Pocahontas Times

“Master Kwadwo Juantuah, a [second] year student of the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School in Accra, has become the toast of the school for becoming an author at age 16”
-Junior Graphic

"Kwadwo uses words eloquently, painting a vivid picture that draws the reader into his feelings and emotions. Morning of Gold is an excellent read for those who want a view into the mind of one of Africa's emerging poets."
-Chiedu Ifeozo, Author of Thoughts on a Page... a collection of poems.

“...It is equally certain no lover of modern African poetry can afford to omit Juantuah... Fasten your seat belts, readers. Juantuah is a kid on skids. The muse in him rides not wings but meteors of poetic flight. The heights are rarified, and there is no pausing for air. “
-Professor Ladé Wosornu, an African poet.
 
 

Copies will be on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Books, and other online bookstores very soon.  But I really would appreciate it if you could buy it from http://books.lulu.com/content/2015580 instead.