I was a senior in high school when I realized that I was hooked on poetry. I blame certain people for this unveiling and it did not take long to understand that this was going to be a lifelong list that even continues to grrow today.

It all stared with James Weldon Johnson then followed by Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Maya  Angalou, Ernest Hemmingway, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and scores of others. They have all been excellent teachers, writers and inspirations in their own unique way.