User:Metta4...ThePoet

Metta4...The Poet Born: July 17, 1965 •Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana. Realized his gift of writing at the age of 12. While his immediate family would not understand his gift or writing abilities early on, Ryan would write and archive more than 300 literary works, including 3 novels (Soon to be released) and a host of musical tracks to date. His mother would always prompt the correct spelling and pronunciation of all words that were spoken in the house. Not knowing that she was raising and preparing a budding Poet Laureate. She would continue on this path out of his formative years on into his adolescent and high school years. He would not have an “inspiration” in his younger years...though there would a grammar school teacher who would nourish him in discovering his gift. She would always comment and praise him on his writing abilities and storytelling skills.This would push him to write about everything and everyone that he came in contact with. He won one of his grammar schools writing contests at the age of 14 and had an original poem posted in a local newspaper for it’s originality and poignancy. At the age of 17, he would start on the journey that has produced this first compiled work of poems. He attended college briefly but realized in his first year of studies the gift of writing and composition was already in place. All of his work would be written and created from the struggles of and with the heart, internally and politically. Though he feels he hasn’t earned the title of “novelist”, He is working on two original novels soon to be released. The first,“The Chronicles of the Question Mark” is a compilation of stories that deal with the idiosyncrasies of the Human Brain. The second“The Morning After” is a story of love,lust,deciept, and corruption in a small town. Along with working on these two novels, Ryan is wrapping up publishing on the second book of poetry called, “Far Away From Me”. When it came to Ryan understanding what the word “Inspire” meant, he learned later in life that his family would play the most significant part in his growth and structure as well as poets such as Nikki Giovanni (whom he had the auspicious pleasure of meeting personally), would play an integral part in his structure of writing. Ryan would also come to recognize the poeticism and influences of musical artists from the likes of “Gil Scott Heron” and “Ice Berg Slim”, to the “Notorious B.I.G.”and “Fabolous”. These artists would stamp Ryan’s flow as legitimate and inspire him further to dabble in realm of music production as well as composing musical tracks.