The Paradigm: Poetry Through Life's Lessons

by Lashea M. Johnson

This is a unique write about a sheltered church girl curious about life, that became a teenage mother turned drug dealer, turned drug user in the cold windy, war torn, poverty stricken streets of Chicago's West Side. With the loss of her children to the system she thought she had nothing left but to die..."Rock, blows, Park Rang out like happy slogans of advertisements from dealers to fiends..." With death and the police lurking close by she closed her eyes to retract: How did I get here?...and the ongoing presence of failure, loss and disdain licking at her heels she saw no way out. Had God somehow forgotten about her? Nothing seemed to matter... Be inspired by her unfiltered and uncensored writing of poetry where she found her lesson and her blessing

112 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 2010

Reviews

[Eugene Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book of poems made me laugh, cry, think and reminisce. LaShea's style is all her own and I can't wait for the follow-up. :-)