Reggie Walker

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Poet, playwright, counselor and motivational speaker, Reggie Rashad Walker is Poet, playwright, counselor and motivational speaker, Reggie Rashad Walker is a native of Trenton, NJ, who has been writing poetry since elementary school. He began to take his craft seriously in high school, under the tutelage of renown poet Doughtry "Doc" Long, who served as his Creative Writing Teacher. Since then Reggie has read at countless events, poetry slams, and open mic events. He has had the opportunity to have his poetry, essays and short stories published in every issue of On Fire, a literary journal published at Rider University, where Reggie attended for both undergraduate and graduate school.

He currently works as a counselor in the field of He currently works as a counselor in the field of higher education where he assists students from academically and economically disadvantaged backgrounds in their quest to obtain a college degree. In addition to his work as a counselor, he has written and directed his first stage play entitled 1960-Black, which has been in production since the spring of 2010. Reggie has used his writing as tool to motivate others. The Universal Thoughts of a Black Man: Vol 1. is his first published chapbook of poetry. Expounding on and exploring an array of themes and subjects, the book offers the perspective and insight from the author on each of these issues, which range from poverty to Afrocentrism.

Read poems from Universal Thoughts of A Black Man

Table of Contents:

The Authentic Black Man

Abbott

We All Fall Victim

Urban Art

The Pebble, The Underdog

Show & Tell

Look How Far We’ve Come

Soundtrack

The Revolution Needs Ratings

A Poem for Mr. Barnes

Freedom Rings In The Hearts of Niggers

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Patiently Waiting

Gentrify Me

A Dark Girl’s Blues

Kujichagulia

He IS

ADHD

High Definition

GOD’s Canvas

Holy Grail

Darwinism for Darkies

The Binding Knot

I Came, I Saw, I Left

Soon You’ll Understand

Get Back In

11-10-24

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