Rico D'Sean Knox III is an American Author, Spoken Word Artist, Musician, Teacher, and Activist, seeking to affect positive change in global race relations and systemic racial inequality.
Mr. Knox is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and a graduate of the prestigious Baltimore City College. He began writing as a way to express himself and to deal with being childhood trauma at age 9 and 13. Over the years, he has honed his writing craft, through various classes and workshops, penning, the following published works, to include........
Violated and Unappreciated
Walls of My Soul
Why My Knees Don’t Bend Anymore
From Molested To Majestic
Sounds of A Revolution
A Lil' To The Left
Uproar
Poetry For Pandemic
Da G.O.A.T.
He has been a trailblazer in getting his writing style "Free Verse" as an accepted and respected form of poetry since 1990. His influences have facilitated scholars in Australia, Europe and Africa to accept "Free Verse" as an acceptable form of writing. His patented and trademarked rhyming styles clearly shows that he has a mastery of the genre "Free Verse" as he specializes in complex end rhymes, internal rhymes and has developed his own rhyming techniques. His writings are a direct extension of his activism as he categorizes his own poetry as " Political and Socially Conscious" Free Verse.