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I began to write poetry after college. My early influences were Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Dylan Thomas. Their poetry reached deep and had something to say about being a human being. I try to write poems that reflect a spirituality and what it's like to be alive in the times you're living. Other poets that were my aunts and uncles, were Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, and Elizabeth Bishop. Their confessional style hit a chord that remains today. I hope this collection, "Mile Markers" expresses an insight to life experiences.
Writing is therapy and poems are mile markers for the road you're on.
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