Publisher's Synopsis
Poetry Collection: Upon being told that I am a poet Suggested I have my work addedTo the local grade school curriculumMeant well butI think not...Emily Dickinson And Robert FrostI truly... am not...This is NOT what I doThough I do agree with Emily who aspires to "Dwell in the possibilities"And with Mr. Frost I concur that"The only way out is through"Like Dylan I "Do not go gentle into that good night"That is not what my poems are made of...RacismNewly found LoveMotherhoodAnd children he forgotAddictionCocaineLonelinessAnd working with what you've gotA working man's handsA homeless man's lotBetrayalDestruction that genocide wroughtMay not always sound nice...But Beloved, it's lifeLife is what my poems are made of
