Poetic Depth: Chronicles of a Hueman

By Ervin Miller Jr.

This book is given as a master key in good faith that it will aid in unlocking the most dormant yet relevant portion of yourself. That part being one's true potential. This is a Hueman's production, brought to you by the undying and reoccurring spirit of justice and its resolve. When staring into the mirror's reflection of us, it became apparent why we function like a divided states of America. Our current peace seems to be predicated upon distant pieces which are shattered and scattered throughout. These are merely my thoughts that promote and hopefully result in aiding solutions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9781728341262

Ervin Miller Jr.

Ervin Miller Jr. is a native of Savannah, Georgia. He attended local public schools in Savannah, where he graduated from Savannah High School. He was introduced to poetry at an early age. His mother, Bridgett B. Miller, would read poetry to him at bedtime and introduced different poets, such as Langston Hughes, and Useni Eugene Perkin’s poem “Hey Black Child,” from his African American culture. Ervin and his mother would recite poetry nightly. Ervin began to get serious with writing poetry in the eleventh grade, when he took a literature class from Dr. Sharonda Johnson. Ervin wrote his first book of poetry (I’m Here 4 a Reason) at the age of eighteen years old and had it published. Ervin continues to pursue his passion of writing poetry and is introducing his second book (Poetically Inclined: Raw and Uncut). Ervin shows tenacity and commitment to his poetry as he continues to make strives. He’s the first author in his immediate family to publish books. Ervin had the ears to hear the unique sounds of yesteryear, and his earlier introduction to what ultimately became a form of a worldwide speaker box is still being heard loud and clear!

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/24/2020

ISBN: 978-1-7283-4127-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-4126-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019921197

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Dedication

Being cognizant and appreciative of where my help comes from, I give all thanks and praises to my Abba the Supreme Being. For He’s the shining source of my light and my everything.

I contribute these adverse times we’re enduring as the centerpiece, in which brought this project into its current state of fruition. So, I present this book as a beacon of light shining upon those darkest moments of atrocities.  

This book is dedicated to a plethora of people and situations, like the few great educators that believe in and implement cultural diversity. I express nothing but thanks to all of the former great leaders of yesteryear and today. That includes every positive generational humanitarian, organizers, loving families, belittled students, history’s outcast, encouraging inspirational/motivational speaker, and those timeless activists who died fighting for a share of equality. Also, the factual seekers and historians such as Mr. Dane Callaway. (I’mjustheretomakeyouthink.com) My appreciation level is extremely high and aware of moments that have ignited movements and diversity’s vast improvements.  

Gone but never forgotten are those individuals that are valued even in eternal rest. Although, they’re not among the land of the living, their physical essence was only half of their presence. They are gone but never forgotten: Warren Daniels Sr., Grandma Carolyn Calhoun-Berry, Matthew F. Waldon, Aunt Bea Jones, Donte Chisholm, Granddaddy Robert Berry, Lonnie B., Kadeem Davis, Herbert Miller, Christopher Myzell Johnson, Charles William Futch, Anthony (Tony) Davis Jr. and Michael Jackson. May you all, rest peacefully in eternity. 

I would like to give a special thanks to George Seaborough and Citizen Advocacy, for expanding my vision, regarding all the grotesque looks of inequality and the many dehumanizing aspects of humanity. Also, to Dare Dukes (Director of Deep), Megan Ave’Lallemant (senior director of programs at Deep), Professor Erin DeYoung (My former Deep partner), the entire organization and the students from the young author project. (aka Deep). You all are deeply appreciated. As Erin and I had the privilege of teaching and watching them flourish. We were able to witness these young authors illustrate their unique thoughts, and discover their personal voice. These children from the former school of East Broad wholeheartedly inspired me back in 2016. Observing them reach their liberation became a contagious thing of beauty.They brilliantly educated me on the unapologetic nature in which my pen needed to run its mouth beyond the lines of mental play.

I give my most heartfelt thanks to Minister Frank King, and Tyneise Seaborough who has always shown the interest to invest in me. Also, to my family, friends, children of Performance Intuitive, as well as my children, and wife for their endless love, support, sacrifice and encouragement.

Lastly, but certainly not the least, I give one emotional thank you to God, for the aftermath of May 11th 2017. For it became an unexpected day of unexplainable mental terror and physical horror. That day, trivial matters became light compared to the heavy weight of life and death situations. My father was involved in an accident on the Truman Parkway. His vehicle went off of the road into the medium where it flipped and caused him to be ejected. The doctors wrote him off every step of the way. First by wanting to pull the plug on his life, then listed every handicapped limitation he would have if he managed to survive each day. But these were only words stated to test my family’s faith. People, all it takes is faith and everyone being committed to the same assignment. That’s a powerful movement that allows God to be the force that’ll move in the midst of those prayers. He’ll turn your greatest test into a greater testimony. Even in spite of a person being declared dead a few times! 

Contents

Preface

Introduction 

Poetic Depth

Chronicles of a Hueman

Dearly Departed

Shades of an Anomaly

Forever Indebted

The Layered Depths of Man

Mama’s Flowers

Restoring an Honorable Title

Reminiscent of

A Deeper Look at Him

Today’s Lady

A Legit Man

Shades of Royalty

Man’s unidentified object of logic

The Phoenix Flame

A Touch without a Kiss

Age of Beauty

Description of

Tugging on Heartstrings

I wonder

Love Vibes

Love Forms a Warranty

The Cliffhanger

Hot & Misty Grown Vibes

Lady Intrigue

The Value of Motherhood

So Thankful

Still Scheming and Dreaming

A Narrative Point of View

Truth of Many Truths

In Hoping

Velvet Black Rose

Velvet Black Rose

Truth Unmasked

Religion-less

Traumatic Tipping Point

Money Train

Ms. Explicit

Beauty is a Foreign Beast

Her statistical Perc%tage

Bitter Sweet Bird Nest

Visited by Yesterday

Say Something

The Innuendo Window

1st Impression

Unjustifiable

Distant From Purpose

Rediscovery

Empowered into the Future

Genesis Answer to Identity

Who are you!?

Survival of the Fittest

Flawed Rubik’s Law

Decoding the Enigmatic

Born from Blank

Pitch Black

The Great Unknown

Unentitled Black

The Scene in between Enlightenment

The Essence

Words from the Black Bird

Ol’ soul

Black Gold & Diamonds

Reflection of my Imperfection

Mental Weapon of Destruction

Conscious Moment

Within the Existence of Black

His-story Untold

Truths & Facts

The Depths of Deeper Thought

The Black Bayou

A Letter Sent to History

Unfortunate Misfortune

The Timeless Excursionist  

Jive Turkey’s Presentation 

The Shaded Indigo Tree

My Native People of Hue

(The Reconnection pt. 2)

The Locomotive’s Shadow

Indigenous Outreach

I am a Hueman

Inner Voice of Ration

The Tale of the Trail 

Copper Color Value 

A Black Faced Shame

The Perennial Sun Kiss

Tunneled Eyed Views 

World Building

Earth Tones & Copper Eyes 

Within the Black-ground

Moolah Lingo

Deep Beneath

Traveling Sands 

Dormant State

Birthing Hope

Utopia’s Lyrics

Steady Rising

We Ascend Beyond

Rebel cup

Reppin’ 101

The undying 21st Renaissance

Preface

If someone challenged you as an African American by asking you if you’re able to trace your lineage point back to Africa, would your journey be like mine and run you into multiple dead ends? This, perhaps, would provoke you to reevaluate the question from a holistic level. From this standpoint, you’ll quickly familiarize yourself with this complete chess game that has a subliminal undertone within its word play. Many are called African American though they have never stepped outside of their birth state before. Furthermore, most have not tracked their roots back to Africa. However, if you ask most so-called African Americans if they have Native American within their background, some would either say no or attempt to