Question of ... - Paperback

by Shawn Simmons (Author)

Question of... is a collection of intensive poetry penned by the urban poet are an introspective look at the lost generation. The collection is depressing, reassuring, filled with every emotion one could fathom. A man looks for his identity in the world (or city) that doesn't make any sense. Simmons, a manic-depressive, will leave you with so many emotions all at once. You will send love through hate through loss through powerlessness through depression and back through the spectrum that is human existence. If your emotions don't run a gamut; then you might want to check your pulse. Simmons will make you feel, and make you question.

Author Biography

Shawn Simmons was born and raised in a blue collar Philadelphia. Raised a generation of lost children looking for purpose and screaming for attention. The life of Simmons is pulled together by these two principals, the lost soul searching for some purpose and the mechanical nature of 9 to 5 work. Through his life, Simmons has experienced near death experiences for himself, bankruptcy, violence in his neighborhood and death of friends. Simmons has been called a poet from Generation X. The lost, the hungry, the ones searching for hope and finding it all in precarious places. Finding solace in death, drugs, lust, God and writing. He uses writing as an escape from the reality just outside the window.