God is my influence because through him anything is possible. 

First Place Star Search (School contest),
2nd Place in Teen Expo Contest (vocal),
Optimist International Oratorical Contest Second Place
Optimist International Oratorical Contest Finalist,
Finalist UK Songwriting Contest 2002,
Honorable Mention in Famous Poet Competition 2002,
Awarded Certificate of Academic Excellence Universal Class, TONOS Member, Songwriters of Washington member, ASCAP member, Editor's Choice Award 2003 Poetry.com, Famous Poets Outstanding Acheivemnt in Poetry 2004, Poetry published in Afro in Canada, Baltimore Idol Semi-finalist 2002, Baltimore Idol Semi-Finalist 2003,
Third Baltimore Idol Semi-Finalist 2003, Charm City Most Talented Semi-Finalist 2004

I am currently working on a poetry book, book of short stories and also a novel, and screenplay which should be available later 2004. So keep your eyes open for them.

The Essence of Emotional Expression
It is my website and I post a new poem from my collection every week

Poetrybox.com
I have some of my poetry posted here.

Cafe DeSoul
I have my own forum (Explosion of Emotion) featured on this site. It has creative work from myself and other members of the site.

Def Poetry Jam
This is a site where you can read and post spoken word.