About the Author – Ernest Woodson’s passion for writing began in early childhood. He is the second son born to a polio-incapacitated single-parent mother, and writing was Woodson’s...view moreAbout the Author – Ernest Woodson’s passion for writing began in early childhood. He is the second son born to a polio-incapacitated single-parent mother, and writing was Woodson’s way of escaping the hardships of poverty and the detriments of growing up without the love and guidance of a father. This poem about Muhammad Ali was first written by Woodson in the late 1960s and revised for publication in the Richmond Free Press (Richmond, Virginia) on June 10, 2016, the day of Ali’s life celebration.view less