Several years ago, I was fortunate to meet numerous Negro League players in Secaucus, New Jersey.  I was in baseball heaven; all of the players were ever so accommodating and genuinely humble.  For years I had seen pictures of Negro League baseball players.  Then, during one fall weekend, I not only met and took pictures of countless number of Negro league players, but also Lionel Hampton.  My time with those incredible players of the Negro Leagues inspired the Players of Valor, the Negro Baseball Leagues poem and visual poetry.

I am appalled to know that Houston, Texas ranks the lowest on the list for responsible pet poop scooping in the United States.  On any given day I see numerous proud pet owners walking their meticulously trimmed and leashed pals allowing them to drop piles of poop.  I have yet to have seen one Houston pet owner scoop their pets poop; instead they praise their pets as they walk away.  I am challenging Houstonians to seriously take the Poop Scoop Pledge.  Houstonians when you walk here and there with your best pal, proudly carry a scooper to remove all residual.  Houstonians, don’t allow your neighborhood duty to go awry, many can be harmed by the fecal bacteria group.  So, when pal squats to drop piles of poop, quickly remove it with a clean swoop.

Well, circumstances have delayed the visual poetry exhibition, for now.  But, I have begun the writing phase to pay the utmost tribute to my heroes; the Deacons for Defense and Justice, especially the Natchez Mississippi chapter. And, very soon I will carefully sculpt an awesome visual poem to honor those valiantly determined men of the Civil Rights Movement, the Deacons. 

Well, David Letterman did not call, but I have been asked to display an exhibition of my visual poems.  The National Poetry Month debut of Reality, Per Se; An Exhibition of Visual Poetry will jump start an exciting chain of events, all centered on my collection of visual poetry.  It appears as though visual poetry may actually help to soothe Americans during the economic crisis.