When Dusk Hoots

About the Book

The poet continues to draw his imagery from his familiar surroundings, from human behavior and interaction, from key elements in nature, including the skies and water and from flora and fauna alike. The bright side of life with hope as a dominant theme is reflected throughout the poems. No matter how complex, how conflicting, how intriguing or how hostile relations may sometimes appear to be—which underlie life’s leitmotif—a strong undercurrent of love essentially drives the cadenced rhythm of the verse. The beauty of the poems derives from chiaroscuro, the literary technique of balancing shade and light, gloom and hope to achieve balance as the basis for the poems’ natural flow from a hooting dusk to a bright dawn of eternal life and human aspirations.

About the Author

Felix Bongjoh is an International Human Capital Development Consultant for whom poetry has been a passion since he was 15. A graduate of Georgetown University (1978) and Florida State University (1982), he has worked for an international finance organization for some 30 years during which he was exposed to sceneries and cultures of various kinds throughout his travels. His travels rekindled his taste for poetry; and over the years, he has written a substantial amount of poetry and continues to enjoy writing.