My claim to fame:
philip lawrence sherrod, poet..

"these works/-..come from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-With Others!(?)..-(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-..*All*Human*Understanding!(?)..
-or a.. Poet's*Concern*/-..Of*Traditional*Boundaries!-../-of/-..&*For*..- The Majority/-?..-For*These*IMAGES-..(!)?-Are*Forced*/-..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-..
..-(Un*Educated*/-?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)

(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!)


Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is writ
ten/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?           *Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!-*Con-sciously/-&..Or*/-..Un*-Consciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/-..?    
           ..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/-
           ..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre-
           ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)?
           ..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(
           (Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/-
          ..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-..
           ..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!
           ..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-
            ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-..
-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
            -Using*Low*Class*Slang/-..With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!)?