Some of my major influences have been God, my mother and my teachers.

Jacques Stanley Fleury, a.k.a. “The Haitian Firefly”, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He is a poet, freelance writer, journalist and columnist. He holds a degree in Liberal Arts and aspires to achieve subsequent degrees in Journalism and a Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts and Emerson College. His works has been published on the Internet and also in The Boston Haitian Reporter, Spare Change News (where he hosts a column), Whats Up Magazine(where he hosts a column), Somerville News (where he hosts a column), The Bridge and The North Cambridge Alewife, where he hosts yet another column at: www.thealewife.com. He has featured his poetry at such prestigious venues the caliber of Walden Pond, The Harvard Epworth, and the Out of the Blue Gallery. He is the host and producer of the LIVE TV and Internet show “Dream Weavers w/ Jacques” at Cambridge Community Television. He writes and perform poetry for the Annual Urban Walk for Haiti to benefit Dr. Paul Farmer’s Boston based charity organization Partners In Health (PIH) established to remedy the ills of poverty in Third World Countries like Haiti and have been asked to speak at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School as a Haitian-American writer. Fleury’s desire is to shine as brightly as he could so as to leave a memory and light. His first professional publication “Sparks in the Dark: A Lighter Shade of Blue” a poetic memoir (published by Warbler Books) appears to accomplish this desire. Shine he does as he intrepidly and passionately weave a tapestry of poetry that keeps the reader on a tight-rope trajectory that navigates between the familiar and optimistic, through his veracity and wonderment. Eschewing pentameter for prosaic and sometimes playful compositions he masterfully weave in and out of subjects that cut deep in the psyche and emerges as the armchair philosopher/activist. This anticipated book will reveal more of his talent that is likened to a Quasar from a distant galaxy, whose light is so strong that although viewed on rare occasions, the brilliance of this galactic body is able to pierce the darkness of the cosmos from light years away from the earth and become memorable to all who view it despite the rarity of its appearance. Catch a glimpse of this quasar--Jacques Stanley Fleury’s poetry. He is currently working on a short story collection infused with Caribbean flare. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. You can contact him at: haitianfirefly@yahoo.com. Lynette Laveau Saxe Biographer/Educator/TV Producer CEO of International Express & The Laveau Look

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