A Chicago Poet Takes on the Bush Administration

Rumiyat by Gugo Veles is a collection of philosophical, romantic and political poems in the tradition of the great mystic poet, Rumi.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) April 2, 2006 -- Poet Gugo Veles pays tribute to the great Sufi poet, Rumi, and indicts the Bush administration in Rumiyat, a stellar collection of poems about politics, life and romance, set against metropolitan Chicago.

Chicago poet, Gugo Veles, has crafted a mesmerizing book of poems that pays homage to the great mystic poet, Rumi. Just as Rumi spun tales of the universe with a cosmopolitan flavor, Veles, too, presents philosophical, romantic, and political poems brimming with Chicago flavor and seasoned with his own irreverent sensibilities.

The parallels between Veles and Rumi are clear and to the point. As Rumi searched for harmony, enlightenment and moral certitude in a world threatened by intolerance and oppression, Veles is acutely aware of our own current challenges created by the constant threat of Islamism, as well as by the Bush administration’s failures in Iraq and the war on terror. In poem after poem, Veles limns our longing for inner peace and understanding. He delves into the failure of international human rights. And he points out how our blind adherence to philosophy and religion has led us not into enlightenment, but on to a dark, dangerous and tragic path. Intolerance, bigotry, shifty double standards, force-fed organized religion and fundamentalism, Veles urges, are the road to ruin. Instead of blindly following, we should start to find our own pathways.

Written with the same unexpected imagery that Rumi was known for, Veles’ perfectly pared-down verses shimmer with the capacity to uplift our consciousness. Reading these poems, Veles hopes, will awaken readers to their deeper, more spiritual selves. “To see myself, I open wide my eyes,” he writes, advising readers to think harder, look deeper, and be more aware. What the world needs now is Rumi…and Rumiyat.

For more information or to receive a free review copy, please contact the author at Gugo.Veles@sbcglobal.net or visit www.gugoveles.com. Rumiyat is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author
Gugo Veles lives and works in the windy city of Chicago. An ardent student of literature and philosophy, Veles is a poet, poetry translator and short story writer. Currently preparing for publication of his novella, Escape, he is also working on a historical novel. Rumiyat is his first published work.

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