TYREE BARNETTE AKA “TRUTH”
I’m a 23-year-old native of Raleigh, NC. I’ve been writing poetry for well over a decade. I was most recently part of a poetry troupe in Raleigh that performed once a week in a unique location: a McDonald’s located close to my job. I’ve been heating up the mic there since September 2005.
My love for writing poetry started in the fifth grade when I penned an early, unrhymed poem called “Summer”. I kept up my writing and I rewrote the original "Summer" poem as "Dear Summer". That was poem is now available in my book.
I also won the 2005 Underground P more...
