Douglas Powell/ 

Roscoe Burnems

For me this is bigger than poetry. I love this art, but this art is a medium for helping people. I got into this business to save lives from the perils of low self-esteem, lack of faith and hope, and to re-teach people -youth especially- how to believe in themselves.

Colleges, coffee shops, youth groups, churches, mosques, synagogues, street corners, baby showers, weddings, backyard barbecues, where ever you would like me to come and speak I will! I put away the routine life of a horrid job where I'm more number than human being to being a full-time artist. Getting paid to use what started as therapy for me in hopes it will be healing for others.

My goal is to leave behind a legacy that my children can be proud of. I want to be able to say "I may not have reached everyone, but I died trying."