Sunset Jewel: September 2006

Liberated: May 2005

Phases: February 2005

Liberated launched

 

Channel 5 News’ PEOPLE AND PLACES

Long time resident releases poetry book

 

Belize City, Tuesday, May 24, 2005

 

Her work appears regularly in the Amandala and her words have entertained readers for a number of years. Today, American retiree Anne K. Lowe released an anthology of poems called "Liberated." Her musings touch on subjects ranging from the beauty of nature to crime and violence. News Five caught up with the poet at the Library of African and Indian Studies this morning and she told us that within the pages of the book, readers will find the wisdom of experiences garnered over her lifetime.

Anne K. Lowe, Poet

“Well I have it divided into three parts. The first part is about Belize and it’s mostly nature poems because I live up in the bush with the animals, the snakes, and I have a large number of dogs and cats, somebody was always giving me puppies and kittens.”

“The second part is about my childhood memories. Including how I related to things like my father. And one of them is about the great depression in the 1930’s because that is why my father lost his business.”

Patrick Jones

“Who would you want to read your poetry book?”

 

Anne K. Lowe, Poet

“My relatives, my friends, anybody else that might be interested. It’s not all about the same thing you know. You get over into some of those things about people in criminal activities, it’s a little different. I don’t think some people would want the kiddies to read that, but some of the things in the first part, they’ve used several of my poems in the schools. One called “God Bless” and another one, “Belizean Grocery” and there is another one called “Our Jobs”, those were about Belize.”

"Liberated" was published by Ramos Publishing, a local company owned and operated by journalist Adele Ramos. Lowe has pledged the proceeds of her book to fund scholarships to the University of Belize. "Liberated" is available for fifteen dollars at the Angelus Press and Brodies.

 

Channel 7 News

 

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

 

Anne K. Lowe: Liberated

You may know her name from her numerous 'Letters to the editor signed by Anne K. Lowe,' which have appeared in the AMANDALA and REPORTER newspapers over the years. Today for the first time the often outspoken and always opinionated American expatriate was unmasked. This morning the 80 year old who has lived in Belize for the past 19 years launched an anthology of 123 poems. She calls the vast collection, Liberated and Lowe told us it is a lifetime of poetry.

Anne K. Lowe, Poet

"It could appeal to anyone from nature lovers or a family of friends or even street dudes, some of the ones in the back I think will interest them."

Keith Swift,

Where do you get your inspiration from?

 

Anne K. Lowe,

"In my head. [Laughs.] Well you know it's things I see, for example let me show you here these things in the first part which all have to do with that but in the second part it's all about childhood memories, you know enjoying the playground and children that I know and things like that; Christmas, Independence Day, and even the Great Depression because I am 80 years old and I was alive when the Great Depression started back in 1930 and the stock market crash was October 1929."

Keith Swift,

So these poems span your lifetime?

 

Anne K. Lowe,

"Yeah they do. These are all, practically almost, about people or things that I experienced; for example this one is about what I experienced when there was prejudice against Japanese Americans."

Keith Swift,

Would you say this anthology is autobiographical?

Anne K. Lowe,

"Yeah it is in a way, not everyway."

 

Keith Swift,

It's your story?

Anne K. Lowe,

"Well it could be, the first part and then the last poem, Ticking of Eternity, is how I see how I'm going to die, like a leaf falling off a tree."

Liberated is the second release from the Ramos Publishing imprint. It is available at the Angelus Press for $15. Lowe has requested that the proceeds be donated to the University of Belize's Scholarship Fund. We say she requested because Lowe probably won't be here to oversee it. After 19 years living in Belize, Lowe will be leaving the quiet of rural Corozal for the beaches of Cancun, Mexico. There she says she hopes to write a book of Spanish poems.

 

American retiree, Anne K. Lowe, releases anthology of 123 poems titled LIBERATED

 

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

 

American retiree, writer and poet, Anne K. Lowe, is today releasing an anthology of her life’s work, LIBERATED, featuring 123 poems that reflect the rich experiences and deep wisdom she has garnered over her lifetime, but mostly dedicated to Belize.

 

Originally from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the 80-year-old poet has lived in the Corozal District, where she has enjoyed the serenity of rustic living in Blue Heron Cove. She first moved to Belize 19 years ago, in 1986, with her husband, Gilbert Lowe, who has since died.

 

While Mrs. Anne Lowe describes herself as “untutored in the ways of poets,” her voluminous and engaging anthology evidences that she brings something unique and valuable to the world of poetry. Her pieces fascinatingly tell the reader not only of Lowe’s life, but also the struggles that others have faced. On one end, Lowe’s poetry gets into the minds of serial killers and on the other end, the minds of slave traders.

 

Her collection also brings the reader into a vicarious experience of Belize’s natural wonders. In fact, the bulk of Lowe’s poems are about her new life in Belize, to which she dedicates part 1 of her anthology, LIBERATED.

 

She transitions smoothly from speaking of birds, butterflies, and the moonlight to heavier topics such as the holocaust, drug trafficking, murders and prostitution.

 

Lowe describes her anthology as follows:

 

Part 1, Belize, expresses the way natural beauty affects me.  Also included are some observations of people.  People who have read them feel that they are universal types and can be found in other times and places.

 

Part 2, Childhood Memories, concerns my childhood experiences, perceptions and imagination.

 

Part 3, People—All Kinds, expresses, in part, my lifelong interest in history.  My family has documents (military and others), wills and diaries, passed down for more than two hundred years of their participation in American history.

 

“As an old lady, liberated from the 9 to 5 routine, I am free to interest myself in many fields and express my creativity,” said Lowe, and hence the title of this anthology – LIBERATED.

 

Lowe adds: “Included are not only my perceptions of people of whom I have read or heard, but also of those with whom I had contact in my work, both victims and perpetrators.”

 

LIBERATED was published by Ramos Publishing and is available for $15.00. Lowe has pledged the profits of her book to finance scholarships for students in Belize.

 

For more information on LIBERATED, you can visit www.geocities.com/ramospublishing2005/liberated.html, or call Adele Ramos at 602-0181.

The release of PHASES

 

Personal like it was written for I

Hurt and laughter brought tears to my eyes

Allow for 360°, love in all its forms

Separation, infidelity… that cause love harm

Endures till you’re gray, night and day

Surpass love you say, when you turn gray…

PHASES: These poems read like a personal love letter from a special woman to the right man. Joy and sorrow combine old and new spiritual values of a child, then a young lady, then a woman, who experiences the folds of love’s petals—some harsh, some soft. Yet she grows and learns. “Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself*,” and when you love first yourself, you learn to love others. Enough cannot be said. A truly beautiful collection of poetry for any library…”

-River of Fire, acclaimed Belizean poet,
Jan. 1, 2005

* Kahlil Gebran

Adele Ramos on Love

Channel 7 T.V. News, Friday, February 18, 2005

You know her as the hard-hitting, in-depth journalist whose articles fill up the Amandala's pages every week. But Adele Ramos, Assistant Editor of the nation's leading paper, is also Adele Ramos, the poet who's got a rather sizeable soft spot for love poems, and from what we can tell, one heck of a love jones. She lays it bare in her new book, which features 30 new poems. But more than just "jonesing," Adele told us today the collection is a true-true love story, her story.

Adele Ramos, Poet

" If you look at everything from start to finish you realize that it sort of tells a story. It begins with creation of the Supreme Being, the first poem speaks of the perfect garden where the analogy is given of the Garden of Eden where God created man and woman. You know love originated with him and I think that as human beings naturally it is within us to love each other and so naturally the anthology goes from that point of creation and then it jumps into the early phases where you have a young girl, in my case, starting to discover emotions, romantic emotions, or that stage you call it a 'crush,' for somebody you admire, and after that it grows."

" For me it began as really a hobby, one night it served basically as my counselor to sit down behind my computer and do this. The process served as my counselor and I am happy to be able to share this with other people because I know that I'm not the only person who goes through these experiences. So I hope at the end of it all, I will be able to positively touch somebody else out there."

PHASES is available at The Book Center for $10 or from Adele herself. It was self-published by through her RAMOS PUBLISHING imprint. She is now working on a novel about domestic violence.

 

Journalist publishes poetry book

Channel 5 T.V. News, Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Inspiration to put pen to paper or in this digital age, put fingers to the keypad, can come from a wide range of emotions: anger, fear, happiness or love. For journalist Adele Ramos, a tumultuous break-up drove her to sit down at a computer and when she got up, the core of Phases: A Love Anthology had been born. Ramos promises that the work will touch every reader's inner being.

Adele Ramos, Poet

" It wasn’t that I thought well you know, I should just sit down and write some poems. It was just something that, I guess, was led by the spirit and you know. I just sat there and I wrote literally for hours and so many of the poems that are in the book actually come out of that experience. It was for me a cleansing experience because over those hours, I was able to assess some of my emotions, some of my experiences, and go through a phase of healing. It’s never a complete process but it was an important step."

Karla Heusner

" Have you had any reaction from anyone reading it that maybe it would have been something they would have written themselves?"

Adele Ramos

" Definitely. Not necessarily written, but something they would have been through. I’ve had that reaction from people. It’s been nothing but love from the people who have read it so far and I’ve been very, very encouraged."

This is Ramos's second publication. The first, released in 2000, was a tribute to her grandfather entitled Thomas Vincent Ramos: The Man and His Writings. The poetry book is available at the Book Centre at a price of ten dollars.

Adele Ramos releases love anthology – PHASES

Amandala newspaper, Sunday, February 18, 2005

A new poetry book authored by Amandala journalist, Adele Ramos, will be released on Friday, February 18, in Belize City. The 30-poem anthology titled PHASES includes a variety of love poems that tell of real-life experiences, but also address the issues of domestic violence and HIV/AIDS.

Ramos, a third-generation journalist, first began to write for the Amandala in 1995 and is currently the newspaper’s Assistant Editor. In 2000, she released the book, Thomas Vincent Ramos: The Man and His Writings, published by the National Garifuna Council of Belize.

" I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager. I had deliberately held off on publishing my poems until I was able to compile a full spectrum of love poems that tell a distinct story," she revealed.

The poems are laid out to tell a fascinating love story, beginning with pieces such as Schoolgirl’s Crush and Puppies. On the pages of the book, she also pours out intense emotions—the joys of love, the deep fascination that a woman has for her lover, the agony of separation, the hurt of deception and infidelity, and the ecstasy of unconditional love.

Acclaimed Belizean poet, River of Fire, who wrote a short review of her work, called it, "A truly beautiful collection of poetry for any library." He also wrote that the poems " read like a personal love letter from a special woman to the right man."

PHASES, the debut production of Ramos Publishing, will be available on Friday at the Book Center on Church Street, or from the author herself.