I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY

by Kim F. Layman


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Softcover
$15.50

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 8/6/2002

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 144
ISBN : 9781403323491

About the Book

POETRY SHOULD NOT BE BORING. MY POETRY WILL NOT SEDATE YOU, BUT BRING LIFE AND FIRE YOU UP. SOMETIMES MY POEMS ARE SONGS, SOMETIMES JAZZ WITH WORDS, SOMETIMES BLUES ON A PEN, SOMETIMES POLITICALLY BASED, SOMETIMES ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES OR SOMEONE ELSE'S, AND SOMETIMES ABOUT LOVE. I TRY TO WRITE FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE FOLK, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN "GET IT" FROM A BLACK WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE. I HOPE MY POEMS MAKE YOU SMILE OR LAUGH, BUT MAINLY I HOPE TO MAKE YOU THINK IN LANGUAGE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.


About the Author

Kim F. Layman is a freelance writer and health care professional who lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. She integrates simplicity with rhythmical verses in her poems, whether or not she's writing about African American experiences, love or everyday life. She writes for everyday people from a black woman's perspective. This is her second book of poetry.