Laugh to Keep from Crying but Never Stop Trying

By Eugene ?The Composer?

The majority of the poems incorporated in this book of poetry have been inspired through my association with the former base for poets from the Philadelphia and New Jersey area known as Poetry in the Park. This venue was located inside of Cooper river Park in New Jersey. The group met twice a month and shared poetic ideas, we were like a family, exchanging ideas and encouraging each other as brothers and sisters.
Our ring leader was Brother Daoud Bey who was Mr. everything, doing anything that need to be done from MC, keeping things in order, providing music, encouragement, food for thought. And a big kind heart.!
Brother Bey was the right hand of Sandra Turner Barnes, Executive Director of Camden County Cultural Heritage Commission. She worked tirelessly to maintain Poetry in The Park for 10 years at the aforementioned location. I was a part of seven of those years at my home away from home.
We have found another location in a larger better venue, located in the City of Camden, New Jersey a part of The IDEA Center at the Susquehanna Bank Center.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 2, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503553477

Eugene ?The Composer?

Eugene is a survivor, raised in the improvised city of Camden New Jersey. He overcame doubt when being discouraged by a counselor from taking college preparation classes in high school. He did not listen and graduated with honors from high school. Eugene became a man in transition in Detroit, moving three times before finding housing for the first year of college. Eugene did not know a soul when he transitioned from Camden to Detroit to begin college in 1972. He earned a B.A. in 1977. The greatest obstacle he has over come thus far is a brain injury. Eugene experienced the rupture of an Arteriole Venous Malformation (AVM) essentially a bleeding on the brain. Eugene experienced partial paralysis, memory loss and motor skills deficits. He was able to regain these skills and overcame the paralysis! Something wonderful came about during his rehabilitative recovery process, the gift of prose developed as words began to flow throw his head. Eugene started writing these ideas and thoughts down on paper and a poet was born. Eugene the Composer can be found with other survivors on a beautiful mural in the City of Philadelphia, on the wall of Hahnemann University Hospital. The mural depicts Eugene doing what he does best, reading his poetry.

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