1990 Pushcart Prize-nominated published poet, 1996 two-time Finalist, Marblehead Festival of Arts (Marblehead, Massachusetts) and 2002 sixth Finalist (awarded one-thousand dollars) Massachusetts Arts Council, Artist Grant Awards (Boston, Massachusetts.) I am particularly moved by the music/poetry/lyrics of Erykah Badu, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Martin Espada, Langston Hughes, Teena Marie, Rod McKuen, Ogden Nash, Jill Scott and Carly Simon. I have five self-published volumes of poetry to my credit which are all available through the above listed website. Please feel free to visit.