{"product_id":"whispers-of-the-soul-sher-chandley-9781387435708","title":"Whispers of the Soul","description":"I cannot catalogue myself in normal terms because of all the things I've done and places I've seen in addition to the abnormal society that spawned me. I was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in the township of Newclare to a rebel father and powerful mother. I grew up in a place where gangsters, drug addicts, intellectuals, artists, and priests all rubbed shoulders. This place, though much changed, has coloured my outlook ever since. I schooled for a long time in the mountains and vineyards of the Cape, from where I explored the natural beauty and wonders of my own country. To this day i have an innate love of nature embedded in my soul. My tertiary studies have explored a vast array of subjects and I have in a hit and miss way ended up as an architectural technologist more by default than anything else. My love for physics, philosophy and history remains paramount. I have been told I am not a bad painter either. When my friend Dr Surreya Mohamed added me to Hafez Poetry site at the beginning of 2018, i had no idea of how poetry would consume me. I had never given it any serious thought and in that sense, I am also a poet by default. In retrospect this is hardly surprising as i am a product of apartheid and its injustices. The result of this is the firm outspoken views I hold against oppression, exploitation, and the abuse so prevalent in the global social fabric. I am also an advocate of environmental issues and animal rights. All the food for relevant poetry. It is difficult in a polarized world; where so few have so much and so many have almost nothing; to displace yourself into the third person and make unbiased observations in truth. In my poetry I attempt to explore the poles of this dilemma and tender a fair smattering of normal poems on love and whimsy. I never discard any experience or learning I have had. If I must describe myself, i am a holistic eclectic. I am an earthling. Give me a certificate for that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sher Chandley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1387435701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781387435708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Sher Chandley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44131969302783,"sku":"9781387435708","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25e326cb-f8dd-4fc3-b252-2da4c4670023.jpg?v=1687477459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whispers-of-the-soul-sher-chandley-9781387435708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}