Moment in the Sand

About the Book

Moment In The Sand does not force the reader to see the world afresh, but to pay closer attention to another’s interpretation of a world charged with all kinds of jumbled emotions, full of pain, lingering grief, appalling apathy, and then, perhaps, hope.  It draws attention to life’s complexities, especially those facing a particular strong but vunerable woman.  On a conscious level, there is that sense of imagination swirling in the mind and heart of one whose life’s journey is less than a perpetual love affair. However, on an unconscious level, there is a yearning and longing for understanding, compassion, and answers. While life’s inquiries may never be answered, the heartwhencing passion of introspection clings, throbes, and makes the reader uncomfortable enough to cry while reading Moment In The Sand again and again and again!

About the Author

Janét R. Griffin, whose professional name is Lady Janét, obtained a B. S. degree from the District of Columbia Teachers College in English and Mathematics, a M. A. degree from Howard University in English, and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Supervision and Administration. Because Lady Janét is a perennial graduate student and loves learning, she takes at least one graduate course every semester from a wide range of subjects, including philosophy, psychology, education, and communication.

Currently, Lady Janét is an English/Study Skills instructor in the Center for Academic Reinforcement, School of Education of Howard University and has been an English Lecturer in a number of universities and community colleges in the Washington Metropolitan area, including George Washington University, The University of The District of Columbia, and Montgomery Junior College

Lady Janét is involved actively in a number of hobbies from which two have become more than an avocation.  Fashion modeling is one of them, and poetry writing is the other that she began in high school.

The poems of Lady Janét have been read on WHUR, Howard University Radio, at several social gatherings, at commemorative services, at book clubs, and at poetry readings.  The poem, “Do Not Slay My Soul,” was read and analyzed by Nikki Giovanni on Morning Break, CBS Television, channel nine.

Lady Janét’s poems have been published in numerous periodicals and newspapers, including the Flier, newspaper for Columbia, Maryland; CSP World News, a monthly published in Ottawa, Ontario; and the American Atheist Journal. They have been published also in anthologies:  Janus,  published by the English Department, Howard University; and American Poetry Anthology, an anthology of contemporary verse. Record, published quarterly by Kappa Delta Pi, an International Honor Society in Education; and Sisters, published by the National Council of Negro Women have each published her poems.

Lady Janét won first place in the poetry contest sponsored by the Middle Atlantic Writer’s Association, October 1985, and she has been awarded Certificates of Honorable Mention on numerous occasions from the World of Poetry Contest.  Also, she has received letters of commendation from several renown writers, including Nikki Giovanni and Maya Angelou.

Moment in the Sand is the eighth published collection of her poems.  The other seventh anthologies published previously are Amphony, Volumes I, II, III, Messages From the Veil of Tears, Share the Mystique, Eros and Erotica, and Voices From The River Styx.