"I am the defender of your public lands and waters ... I am the highlight of your child's school day ... I am tired of waking up every morning at 2am wondering how I am going to provide for my family ...

a black youth in a poor neighborhood. Out of the cacophony of urban life, he emerged a poet. “I was a stargazer,” he says. “Books would always float me away from a bad place and take me anywhere but ...