The late, great Langston Hughes inspired my first influence in the literary arts.  As a child, I would listen on Saturday afternoons to "The Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Hour".  I heard the poem, Motto by Langston Hughes, as read by Ossie Davis, and I was smitten:

 

Motto

 

by Langston Hughes

 

I play it cool

I dig all jive

That's the reason

I stay alive

My motto as I live and learn

Is dig and be dug in return

 

Since, I have written nearly 7,000 poems.   I do hope to be published soon.  Random House, WHERE ARE YOU?

 

You can find a few poems scattered around the Internet and at: 

allpoetry.com &  http://poetandactor.blogspot.com/

 

GOOGLE:  Renee Matthews-Jackson, MotherRapper, or Poetryality to see what the Internet has to say.

 

Check Out 1 + 1 PRODUCTIONS  http://motherrapper.tripod.com

  

 

I have published one self-published chapbook  (1983) called; Poet Unknown, dedicated to all those writers who muse continuously, and their names somehow become detached from their works.  I am presently working to publish several books of poetry, plays (youth and adult).  My manuscripts are out there ten-fold.   All things in God's time. 

 

I am the mother of four "adult" children.  I am blessed to have three grandsons, and two granddaughters.  I've been married to my childhood sweetheart for 37 years.