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    The Malchemist: “Apprentice”
    The Malchemist: “Apprentice”
    The Malchemist: “Apprentice”
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    The Malchemist: “Apprentice”

    By Malcolm Randall

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    Like a sculptor chiseling stone into being, Malcolm Randall creates meaning with words; he shapes them, massages them, and relishes in their beauty. I first met Malcolm when I invited him into my language arts classroom and then witnessed his indelible passion once again when he captivated an audience of English teachers. Told through both poetry and prose, The Malchemist: Apprentice is Malcolms first book, a poignant story of Malcolms search for self-acceptance and ultimately, of his discovery of the gold within himself.

    -Jean Lamar,

    2009 Florida Teacher of the Year

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJun 13, 2011
    ISBN9781463413453
    The Malchemist: “Apprentice”
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    Malcolm Randall

    NPR featured poet Malcolm Randall was born in rural Lockhart, South Carolina. After a failed attempt at conventional education, Malcolm finally achieved his GED and then set off to make life his greatest teacher and to find his place in the world. He got his start at the legendary NuYorican Poetry Café in New York City and has since performed in universities, middle and high schools, centers for abused children, and detention centers – mostly free of charge. His one-man poetry show, I Must Admit was featured on off-off Broadway at The Here Arts Center in NYC. In 2003, Malcolm was asked by the graduating class of Fernandina Beach High School to be their graduation speaker. A few months later, he became the road manager for ten Tibetan monks in their world tour, The Mystical Arts of Tibet. Toward the end of the tour, Malcolm decided to begin a new endeavor - studying yoga in India – but his plans were cut short when he received news of his mother’s malignant breast cancer. He returned home to take care of his beloved mother, but she lost her battle to cancer after two short years. Around that same period of time - in the summer of 2010 - Malcolm also lost his best friend to suicide. This book was their dream for him; this book is his tribute to them.

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      The Malchemist - Malcolm Randall

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2011 Malcolm Randall. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 6/9/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-1347-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-1346-0 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4634-1345-3 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011908852

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      In loving memory of

      my mother, Katheryn McCutcheon;

      my best friend, Steven Curtis Hope;

      and my spiritual guide, Jack Boston.

      I miss you every day.

      Contents

      Introduction

      His Eye Is on the Sparrow

      Mrs. Hayes

      An American’s Dream

      Mackeechant

      Season of Myself

      Fall

      The Clown

      Undetected

      Tupperware

      Sweet Carmen

      Carmen’s Burana

      Lot in Life

      Bathroom Wall #1

      Liberty County

      Excuse Me

      The Past

      Winter

      Timeless Beauty

      Mona’s Smile

      Threatening Skies

      Something for Nothing (Poetic Palindrome)

      Homeschooled

      Forever?

      You Will See

      Stars Roll Down

      Procession

      Bottle Up Love

      I Dreamed of Death

      Stretched

      Spring

      Metaphoric Breeze

      Gifted

      Before

      Passion

      In the Evening Dew

      Rat Race

      Reverence of Love

      Summer

      Sina’s Voyage

      Shape of Believing

      Bathroom Wall #2 (The Mushroom)

      Regards to Saturn (An Artist’s Prayer)

      The Love Button

      Acknowledgments

      Recommended Reading

      Recommended Journal

      Recommended Exercise DVDs

      Recommended NPR Shows

      North Carolina Public Radio

      Introduction

      Sometimes in life one meets a particular person and feels an instant affinity, senses a lasting bond, and recognizes a rare soul mate. This happened for me when I first met Malcolm. I knew immediately that he was uniquely talented, wildly creative, deeply caring, and sometimes totally out of step with the rest of the world. Old enough to be his mother, I wanted to see both his talent and his being nurtured. Spirit to spirit, I am young enough to thoroughly enjoy him, to laugh and dance with him, and to delight in his friendship.

      Over a period of several years, even when he was the driver for Tibetan monks, Malcolm was a frequent visitor to my classroom of gifted students, to other teachers’ classrooms in my school, and to classrooms at various middle and high schools across our county. He appeared at the Amelia Island Book Festival, coffeehouses, and readings, and he won even more hearts at the 2003 Florida Council of Teachers of English state conference. In all these appearances, Malcolm verbalized his joy with what so many of us had felt but didn’t have the words to express. In classrooms, kids would say, I didn’t know poetry could be like this or I never liked poetry, but I like what you do.

      Malcolm is a compelling performer, charismatic and authentic. As a result of his impact at Fernandina Beach High, the students asked Malcolm to be the 2003 graduation speaker at an event like none before or since.

      Malcolm’s message resonates with people of all ages and from all groups, because he urges acceptance

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