Ka: Contemplative Poetry

By: Yousif, Layla

How pure is your Ka?
In The Tongue Game poem, check it out
Ka Ka Ka L.Y.

LAYLA YOUSIF is a poet, a journalist and a linguist (a retired member of IOL) from London. She retreated to Canterbury in the beginning of the nineties in what she calls: The pilgrimage of her soul.

Who are we? What is the root of life? Those are the vital questions which obsess the author. On the rich light of her heart, she found the answers in the open book of the universe:
I'm busy reading the book of life. The last page never arrives

This book is divided into three chapters, introduced with light-hearted epigraphs:
...
I'm in looove
With a
Mother.

The first chapter is the author's interaction with nature, as well as an insight into the root of life. The second one is a profound exploration of the code of life. The last chapter is the author's whispers:
In the
Air,
My nest
Must
Remain.

The introduction sheds light on the true meaning of the title, Ka, which is derived from an ancient Egyptian symbol. As The Tongue Game poem reaches:
We're Ka,
Ba's face,
On a mirror,
With mud,
Stained.

As the author reveals, Ka survived on the Egyptian tongue, not only in connection with infants, the symbol of rebirth or recycling, but also as a simile, which indicates mirroring. That is how the tongue keeps the root alive, as The Tongue Game poem explores:
The tongue
Well
Is deeep.
...

Is it time, then, we confront our Kas, and polish them? If we do, the world's Ka will be polished too. We are the world, as The Mirror -1 poem reaches:
Do we have
To
Look a-
Far
To see
Inside?

The introduction also sheds light on Ba, which the ancient Egyptians depicted as a bird with the face of the deceased. As Light Tears poem reveals, it is that flying jewel, we lock inside:
We're
The rhyme
Of a bird
Crying.

As for the style, it is moving, passionate and thought provoking:
Are we
Humans,
After all

This book, in brief, is a profound exploration of our spiritual connection. If there is one word which describes the author's writings and everyone agrees on, it is 'sincere':
It's my thirst for Reality, I want to water.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0955812542
• ISBN13: 9780955812545
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Moonbooks
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"