Songs for Kings and Sparrows

By Diego LLisebir

I believe poetry should be a higher form of expression than normal dialogue. I believe that poetry should at the very least give a clear expression of the artists point of view to the reader. It should be able to establish a sense of understanding and common experience between the artist and the reader. And I believe that poetry should inspire hope in the creation of a better reality, the ideal reality that lives in each persons imagination.

Diego LLisebir

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Sep 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781479723928

Diego LLisebir

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Copyright © 2012 by Diego LLisebir.

ISBN:          Ebook          978-1-4797-2392-8

SONGS FOR KINGS AND SPARROWS. Copyright 2012 by Diego LLisebir. All rights reserved.

POEMS FOR KINGS AND SPARROWS. Copyright 2005 by Diego LLisebir. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be copied or transmitted in any way without prior written permission from the publisher, except in the case of short quotations within critical articles and reviews.

To obtain rights to use individual poems within other books or publications for reading or educational purposes, please contact the publisher at this email address: [e-mail].

First edition 2005

Second edition 2012

Websites:

www.ingeniousbooks.net

www.ingeniousmusic.net

Book layout by Diego LLisebir.

Painting and illustrations commissioned and owned by Ingenious Music Productions Pty Ltd.

Cover oil painting by Alan Upton.

Pencil illustrations by Yi Chuan Wang.

Websites created by Robert Kamaralli from www.spellboundweb.com.

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION

About the author

HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS

SONGS FOR KINGS AND SPARROWS

I BELIEVE IN YOU

FRIENDS FOR LIFE

LOYALTY

MY GOOD FRIEND

WORDS LIKE ART

I TRUST YOU

HOME

PEARLS OF TIME

ENLIGHTENMENT

VISIONS

VIRTUES

WITH THE KEY

I CHOOSE LOVE

SEARCHING

THE WINDOW

WE ARE FREE TO RISE

OPEN THE WAY

WHEN I SEE THE WORLD

THE DOVE AND THE SONGBIRD

SUPPRESSION

A PLACE WHERE I’M SAFE

DON’T YOU CARE HOW I FEEL?

MY DAWNING TIME

IMPENETRABLE

SANCTUARY

SPIRITUALITY

WE ARE ETERNAL

ME

FAITH AND TRUST

TO A FREE SPIRIT

SOCIAL COMMENT

FOR THE LAST TIME

WHEN WE TAKE WE HAVE TO GIVE

GOOD AND EVIL

JUST TESTING

DRUG FREE

THE ISLAND

SPACE TO GROW

LOVE THAT HEALS

WOLVES IN DISGUISE

THE WAVELENGTH

GOING HOME

TOO MANY RULES IN THE LAND OF THE FREE

I BELONG

I WILL WIN

NATURE

FIELDS

OUT IN THE NIGHT

LOVE SOUGHT

THORNLESS ROSE

HOW I KNOW

LOOKING FOR AN ALIEN

I SEEK YOU

PETALS BY MY DOOR

LOVE LOST

STARLESS NIGHT

RECONCILLIATION

COME BACK TO ME MY LOVE

DARK ANGEL

NATURAL SILENCE

LOVE FOUND

PRINCESS OF MY HEART

BE THE ONE I NEED

SWEETHEART

MY LOVE IS

WHAT DO WE CALL THIS FEELING?

INVISIBLE RING

YOUR SOUL IN MY HANDS

TO HAVE YOUR KISS

ANXIOUS TO SEE YOU

LOVE OF MINE

YOU ARE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

FOREVER

ADMIRATION

IT WASN’T AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU

NAKED SOUL

YOU SHINE

BEAUTIFUL

ARTISTS

TO A SECRET ARTIST

CREATIVE TREASURES

EXTENDING FROM MY ENDLESS SELF

SATIRE AND HUMOR

SORRY MISTER SINGER

THEY WOULDN’T LIKE ME SOBER

PARRANDA, I’M FEELING HAPPY!

SALSA DEL CANGURO

WILD COCONUT

SO TASTY

AROUND MIDNIGHT

APPENDIX 1 VISIONS IN SOUND 1 to 75

AUTHOR’S VISUALIZATIONS

APPENDIX 2 FIVE SONGS IN SPANISH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Oil painting for cover by Alan Upton:

Songs for Kings and Sparrows

Pencil illustrations by Yi Chuan Wang:

My Good Friend p.24

The Window p.38

When I See the World p.42

A Place Where I’m Safe p.48

Impenetrable p.52

We are Eternal p.58

For the Last Time p.68

Good and Evil p.72

The Island p.78

Wolves in Disguise p.84

Fields p.96

Thornless Rose p.102

Reconcilliation p.116

They Wouldn’t Like me Sober p.164

Around Midnight p.172

Concepts for all illustrations by Diego LLisebir.

Book layout and design by Diego LLisebir.

Websites created by Robert Kamaralli from spellboundweb.com:

www.ingeniousbooks.net

www.ingeniousmusic.net

AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION

As a child and teenager I was entranced by the beautiful words of many classic Spanish poets, like Juan Ramon Jimenez, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, Gongora and Rafael Alberti. I have also been moved by the poetry in song of Juan Manuel Serrat, Pedro Guerra and Silvio Rodriguez. More recently I have loved the poetry of Emily Dickinson, William Wordsworth, James Foley and Jewel Kilcher.

I have great respect and admiration for these and many other artists who have in many examples of their work expressed wisdom, a sense of magic and an appreciation for the beauty that can be experienced in our world and in our humanity through the eyes of a child and through the eyes of an artist. Any person can perceive life in this way and good artists help us to do so.

When I decided to write poetry myself in my new country, I felt I needed to reach a high level of expression and refinement in the English language which was very difficult to reach for someone who spent the first twelve years of life in Spain. So I started on this project that took many years of reading, studying, writing and rewriting. I wanted to create poetry that was real, easy to read and inspiring to the reader. I also wanted this poetry to be my own. I have in this first book achieved a collection of poems which I enjoy reading and which I consider relevant to people’s lives. I have divided these poems into twelve sections according to the particular subject matter I had in mind when I wrote them.

And in the hope that you may also enjoy them and find them meaningful, I am sharing them with you now.

Over the years I have formed my own very definite perception of what is good art and desirable meaning, according to my own taste. In the creation of my poetry I have used these values as a filter and have carefully written and rewritten many of these poems to reach their present final form.

I believe poetry should be a higher form of expression than normal dialogue. I believe that poetry should at the very least give a clear expression of the artist’s point of view to the reader. It should be able to establish a sense of understanding and common experience between the artist and the reader. And I believe that poetry should inspire hope in the creation of a better reality, the ideal reality that lives in each person’s imagination.

I like to express my perception that love can be strong and not fade, that there are sincere friendships which are stronger than any adversity, that material possessions are only supportive and subordinate to a person’s happiness and one’s involvement in the activities one considers enjoyable and worthwhile.

And I think it is important to express that there are people in this world who have good intentions and people who have bad intentions and that this fact shows in their actions and the results of their influence much more clearly than in their words.

On many occassions in my life I have been inspired by the words of other artists into a better solution, a better understanding or a more peaceful state of mind. I am grateful to them for their work.

If I can create any of these good effects on others through my art, I will consider my work to be worthwhile and to be achieving its purpose. I will be happy to receive my reader’s impressions of this book through my websites www.ingeniousmusic.net or www.ingeniousbooks.net.

Diego LLisebir

About the author

Diego LLisebir was born in Spain in 1970, in Barcelona. He moved to Australia on the 12th of November 1982, where he has lived ever since. Diego became a proud Australian citizen on the 20th of August 1990.

Diego’s interest in being an artist started to show at age 12 in 1982 when he began composing music and songs. From then until now he has built up a large body of original musical works and has expressed them in many different styles. Diego’s first music album was released through his website www.ingeniousmusic.net in June 2005.

With a strong desire to touch people with his artistic creations, he took advanced Language and Grammar courses to reach a level that would allow him to express himself in English fluently and artistically. He also studied music and in 1998 obtained a Diploma of Contemporary Music at the Western Sydney Institute in Nirimba.

Diego started writing poetry in Australia in 1995 and the first collection of fifty of his poems was published in 2005 under the title ‘Poems for Kings and Sparrows". Since then Diego developed all of the poems in that book plus another thirty new ones into songs in different musical styles. This second collection, published in 2012, contains eighty of his poems which are songs as well, and the title has been changed to reflect that fact.

Songs for Kings and Sparrows represents Diego LLisebir’s imagination, his views and his experiences between 1995 and 2012.

I dedicate this book to