Solitude of Being

About the Book

Solitude of Being is a study of everyday language played on the stage of an introspective mind. Tapping into and underscoring the truer expressions of the soul, the word motifs are driven by an attempt to re-create diverse human moods in telling situations where reality stretches far into late midmight. It treats of a variety of themes where the reader can experience the ideal laced with disenchantment. Therein lay rage and sensual outpourings that cry to be heard, felt, empathized, and recognized as more complexities pound out raw emotions with an untiring spirit. Observant as well as expressive, Solitude of Being contains hundreds of thoughts that tease today, mull over yesterday, and decide about tomorrow. Some poems are reminisces, and others are thunderous whispers with a beloved. The endless chatter, of what is and what will never be, is about sexy encounters and would-be- lovers frolicking through the distant horizon.

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 A