Poetry

Growing up in my home, I was exposed to lots of music. I remember often playing my mom's old records on an old record player and being awestruck by the  musical production  of artists like Jimmy Webb, Stevie Wonder,  Bones Howe and vocal talents of artists like Sam Cooke, The 5th dimension, and the Drifters. By the time I was in Kindergarten or 1st grade, I wrote my first song  called "Talia My Love" about a little black girl I was  only fond of because I did not know what love was at that point in my life.  Being a child, I supposed I knew better. Nevertheless, since then I have written many ballads, songs, and poems. My poetry often evolves  into songs.  Below is a kid's poem I wrote recently. I am planning to release an album of songs/poetry for kids inspired by  musician and educator Ella Jenkins, as well as a book of poetry and art.