This is a book that describes my most intimate and painful journey whike growing into the man I am today.

Thug Poetry: Life In Poetry.. is the dramatic lovebound page turning tale about the growth and development of a genius kid whom mother died giving him a chance to live his destiny..becoming a man in the ruthless ghetto streets and that man putting away his childish behaviors than becoming a king in his own right! Ascribed by the Handsome Intellectual Thug Himself: Poetry G. Wayes a.k.a "Poe" is raw & uncut describing life as the only child to a single father- Cincere Archie Wayes, a very mysterious veteran drug trafficker and weightman, was like being raised and groomed by in Street Royalty. Under the game conscious doctrine of his father, Poe was always told that he was extremely intelligent to be so young. With a demeanor twenty years his senior. People just didn't know the half of what he was destiny for.You could never be too cautious!! So after a calculated move from Chi-town to The Cream City everything was just as smooth as it can be for the kid Poetry...the ladies all loved his poetic ways.. & the broke niggas was gonna always hate...Poe could accept that...until the streets of Milwaukee started to act up and also begin discussing shit they knew nothing about. Poe couldn't accept that.In Volume One Of Thug Poetry: Follow the few years of the trials and tribulations that Poe along with, his A1 from Day 1, Jonathan M. Law a.k.a "Jon-Jon" endured on the grind. and how after a risky major moves in the streets they were just about set to become some of the biggest young ballers in the City; way much more successful than the few hater that on their dicks. But, just when they were thinking everything was starting to fall into place; just when Poetry became open to the possibility of finding him a woman to build a Dynasty with...a wifey that will match the qualities his father had imprinted in him in order for him to really feel confident about committing to a woman and making her his everything; A woman's Love and Affection is a hug Poetry always craved for since birth... When will God send him a woman worth calling his guardian angel? However, before Poetry could sort thru the endless possibilities; the kid is hit with a pain that may be too heavy for him to bare at his young age; that being the suspicious untimely robbery-homicide of his father Cincere; his own King and the only blood family he ever knew!! While the whole situation seems more like an assassination than a robbery. What was Cincere really invovled in? With no mother, no wifey nor any woman's shoulder for him to lean on and now his father was just as dead as the woman that birth him into this curel world... did the universe just created a Monster? "Growth is a process!" What does this mean for Poetry's Life now that he has become an orphan? Why hasn't he ever met his distant relatives?? Why was Cincere so secretive & kept his only son away from his relatives if there were any still alive? And, How will Poetry discover who killed Cincere so that he can kill him? Will Poetry ever get his poetic justice?

A collection of prison letters, poetry and art from the late 90s - early 2000s

An all around artist Poet Kariem Ali evolved from the streets, jail, drugs and now is giving back with some words of encouragement with short poems about life love and the struggles. Quotes with messages. A must read!

Sparky Sweets, PhD, and Wisecrack proudly present this outrageously funny, ultra-sharp guide to literature based on the hit online series, Thug Notes. Inside, you'll find hilarious plot breakdowns and masterful analyses of sixteen of literature's most beloved classics, including: Things Fall Apart, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies, Pride and Prejudice, and more! The series Thug Notes has been featured on BET, PBS, and NPR and has been used in hundreds of classrooms around the world. Whether you’re a student, teacher, or straight-up literary gangster like Dr. Sweets, Thug Notes has got you covered. You'll certainly never look at literature the same way again.

Thug poetry is a combination of inner emotions about people, places, and things. Each poem puts you in a mind frame of a short story from the political arena of governing to the murdering tendencies of others, to the love and even hate of sisters and brother, and even touch basis on the Heavenly Father, but only in positive way. Facebook: Alan Hines Email: [email protected]