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Coffee Shop Blues

How does a writer deal with being away from his favorite place to write? He writes about it. And then his friends at the County's Cultura...

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Running

It’s cool, Yo It’s cool, though. You ran maybe walked a little over two miles Done worked up a sweat I bet your breathing was a little bi...

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Times Such as These

How do you feel? This is how I feel.

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The Art of Making

It’s quite cool that I get to create and share with everyone during this time. I am an artist, educator and organizer. Those parts of my ...

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This poem...

This poem... This poem right here... This poem right here was written for the children who never thought of writing For those like me who...

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Miami Book Fair

Miami Book Fair 2019 owes me nothing. Actually, that would be an understatement. The Book Fair was a glorious gathering of literature, th...

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South Florida Book Fair

And the Walls Came Tumbling hit the shelves in January. Six months later, I am a featured poet/author at the South Florida Book Festival....

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Book Release and stuff

It’s been a little over a month since my book, And the Walls Came Tumbling, has been released by Omiokun Books. Check out a quick recap o...

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And the Walls Came Tumbling

I am excited to announce that my debut collection of poetry, And the Walls Came Tumbling, is available to the masses. This is truly a hum...

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Obama out

As I reflect on the presidency of Barack Obama, I think back to the night of his first election. I was at a watch party in my community a...

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