Back to my roots

One of the things I love about Eminem is the raw honesty of his Lyrics..besides a beat that makes me wanna move, Eminem always has Lyrics that are just so meaningful. And how I came to love hip hop and rap so much was when I was working with the kids in lock up it was about all I heard. I remember the kids would always be so amazed to hear me rapping or that I actually came to love "their music" so much. But as I told them, I love all music...especially that which has meaning. Often I would write poems as I listened to music with them and give them to whichever kid I had written a particular piece for. So as I'm sitting here this morning thinking of what I should do this year while Chey's in school, I'm thinking I know what I'm going to do.

I have missed so much working with the kids. They really made such an impact on me and I loved them so very very much, So I am going to dedicate myself to writing a poem every day of this school year. A poem that would be meaningful to kids, troubled kids. And then during the summer, edit it, then work on getting it published. I would love to see my poetry out there, bound and in the hands of children....not for the sake of profit, but for the sake of touching the lives of the kids I so loved to work with.

So this is my promise and what I plan to do every day :) And it will be a good writing exercise for me! I'll post some up as I go! I hope you'll all enjoy them as Much as i enjoy writing my poetry!

Love,
Debbie