Like I said - a lot of things happened to me on the literary front - I can't even keep up with them all. One morning Wil Haygood called me. He was in Baton Rouge covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina - preparing for the one year anniversary. Weeks earlier he heard a young poet read a poem that reflecting on New Orleans after the Hurricane at the Hurston Wright Writer's Week. His brain started working because he knew he was going to be doing stories in New Orleans. He approached her - wondered how close she was to the Katrina travesty. She said that is where she was from. She's a survivor.

Weeks later, Wil Haygood - A Washington Post staff writer - found himself in Baton Rouge, LA covering the story of Trenise Robinson in a story he called:

In a Young Writer's Verse, a Ruined City's Sorrow

During the HWWW he also met another poet and even purchased her collection of poetry (who was that poet you may wonder   - being the great journalist he is - he knew a story wasn't complete without sources and references. And that is why he called me that morning in early August (or was it late July). And this is what I so eloquently had to say about Trenise's poem that I too had the pleasure to hear her read:

"When she finished reading," recalled Tinesha Davis, a Waldorf poet in the audience, "there was a brief moment of silence. Then there was that 'wow.' "

So yes, by way of Trenise - I am a celebrity. Want my autograph now or later???

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A picture of Trenise is posted in the Photo Journal