A Poetic Journey, Eric Miyeni
Review by AliFlo

In 2008, Eric Miyeni published his book A Poetic Journey, a collection 
of writings from the past few decades. So here I am, knowing nothing
until now about Eric's career as an actor or his life path in his home country. I am reading his book as if he is my neighbor living in
California, my native state, reading as if the book is his private
journal. I find lines along my reading way that I copy onto yellow post
it notes becoming many bookmarks in the paperback that was sent to me
from South Africa to South California by Jacana Media publicist, Lerato
P. Ngakane, for AlienFlower review:

"My sin is to be drug addictive, dangerous to love."

"My sin is that in my sweetness, people forget to put on their alarm
systems."

"I'm angry that I'm this angry with life."

"Love gives you that swagger that only a good, strong spine can sustain
over a long time without breaking your back."

"Love... has a way of... turning you totally blind to make you see
more."

Eric's book is one educated, fearless, feeling, energetic man's soul
expression and it feels less important the formatting of the words into
poem shapes on the page and more important the spoken words. I found a
woman's blog entry about her memorable day at a book lounge author's 
reading event when she met Eric. She writes that she felt COMPELLED to
buy his book and when she heard him read, she went home INSPIRED.

"Everyone has a talent, what is rare is the courage to follow the
talent to the dark place where it leads."
- Erica Jong

"If a poem is written well, it was written with the poet's voice and
for a voice. Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like
the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or
playing the music on an instrument."
- Robert Pinsky

"It is the music in the buzz of voices." (from The Harbour Cafe, 1990)
- Eric Miyeni