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A collection of poems
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About the Author
The author, Karamo Muchuri Sulieman (aka Irving Courtley Jones), was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1955.He is an African American; the only son of Elissia Ruth Carroll and John Charles Jones. In 1971 he moved to Columbus, Ohio; with his mother. There he graduated from Columbus East High in 1973. During this same year he was accepted at Morehouse College at Atlanta, GA. There he majored in history. While he did not complete his studies at Morehouse he transferred to Georgia State University Atlanta, GA. in 1975 and graduated in 1978;earning a BA with a major in history. While at GSU he earned a commission in the U.S.Army after successfully completing the R.O.T.C. In 1978 he was granted an educational delay to attend Law School. During that same year the author was accepted at Rutgers (Newark) Law School and in 1981 graduated and receiving a J.D. degree. In 1982 he entered the U.S.Army as a First Lieutenant and was sent to Ft. Bliss for training as an Air Defense Artillery officer. After successful completion of the Officer’s Basic Course and the I HAWK Surface to Air Guided Missile weapons course, he was assigned to 3/7 ADA in Schweinfurt, Germany. Later he was transferred to 3/60 ADA in Grafenwehr, Germany In 1985, the author left the U.S. Army and was awarded an Honorable Discharge. In 1996, he was accepted at the University of the Arts. There he studied art education and received a M.A.T. in the Visual Arts in 1998. In 1999, he was accepted in the Masters of Divinity program at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Urban Theological Institute. He was also employed as a Teacher of Art for the School District of Philadelphia. Although the author has never been married, he has one daughter by Kathy Davis of Atlanta, GA. Her name is Liane Davis. The author has been writing poetry for a long time. He has several collections of poetry and other writings in print and published on the internet.
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