Myles+&+Brennan

=Charles R. Smith Jr.=

By Any Means Necessary
By Charles R. Smith Jr.  Crooked cornrows  cause chaotic  and catastrophic  collisions with  precision your mission  and goal put the  ball in the hole  using lightning quick speed  and total body control  tattooed warrior  sinking shots  legendary putting up points  by any means necessary  crossover is nice  defenses get sliced  like cheese <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> opponents freeze <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> as you do what <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> you please <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> with ease like <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> step back <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> and drain threes <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> or blow into <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> the lane like <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> a hurricane breeze <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> no fear, <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> no shame drives your <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> one hundred sixty five pound body <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> and six foot frame <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> like a   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> lightning bug <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> zig zagging <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> that can't   <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> be contained <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> your name draws <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> defenders like moths <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> and scorches opponents <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> with heat all the same

The Creator
By Charles R. Smith Jr. Creative and cool confident moves paint basketball masterpieces from hip hop grooves on hardwood canvas using bold brushstrokes of a bouncing ball quicksilver spins blur into indigo jump shots accented by purple dribble drives SPLASHED with high flying heart-stopping eye-popping jaw-dropping gravity defying fiery red

Dunks
that pump

LOUD
into the crowd when KB breaks out his palette to sky walk on clouds becoming the posterizer Point emphasizer the hurry up and hustle backshot vaporizer crowd energizer In the air improviser serving up sizzling shake and bake appetizers sketching out masterpieces with the touch of an artists hand using the ball as his paintbrush KB is always in command <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">

Influence/Style
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charles R. Smith Jr become a poet because while he was a child reading books filled with "traveling the world, solving mysteries, or living in a different time in history," Charles said inspired him to write his own. He says on his website "The more I read, the more I wrote." Charles also has a lot of inspirations like Malcom X, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Emmett Till, and a lot more young/old African-Americans who made it somewhere and life and tried to give back to the black community or died for the black community. One poet that Charles likes is Langston Hughes. http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/my-people.htm. The style of poetry that Charles uses is free verse with a rap like rhythm. Charles also uses his combination of experience with writing, photography, and sports (mostly basketball and baseball) in his poems and books. I think Charles is famous for following poetry “rules” because its regular free verse but with a rap rhythm to it. One author Linda K. says that Charles’ poetry is motivating, envigorating, clean, and great for the classroom.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font: 14px Times; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Biography of Charles R. Smith Jr.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Charles R. Smith Jr. was born and raised in California. From an early age he wanted to be a writer when he grew up. And even today the dream still lives on, as he is still writing children’s stories and poems. In elementary school he loved to read and write. He went to Compton public elementary, and Jr. High while living in Carson, California, before he moved to Duarte, California for High school. In High school he discovered an interest in photography so he went to the Brooks Institute of Photography. After that he still continued with his poetry and today he makes a living by being a photographer, writer, and poet. He is married and has 3 children. He has been awarded the Coretta Scott King award for his book __12 Rounds of Glory__. Some of his most recent books are __Hoop Kings, Hoop Queens, 12 Rounds of Glory, Chameleon, and The Mighty 12.__

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The Commander
By Myles Cole

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Aggressive and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">smooth <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">confident moves <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">eye-popping <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">jaw-dropping <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">finger role <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on a <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 foot frame <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">showing who is <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in command <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">offense unstoppable <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">defensive animal <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fasinating the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">crowd with <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mid range <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fade aways <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">behind the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">back passes <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">fast break <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dunks <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when D.Rose <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is on the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">court they <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">know whose <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in command

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The connection between my poem and the poetry of Charles Smith Jr is that well I tried to make my poem upbeat and have a rap like rhythm, which Charles does in all of his poems. I also, used wacky words like Charles does in his poems in Hoop Queens and Hoop Kings. I also, give the person I am writing about a nickname that I can actually compare them to. Charles does this in Hoop Kings and in the back of the book when he is talking about Kobe Bryant he says “He has created shots on the basketball court that I have <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">**NEVER** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">seen before. This is why I called him the Creator.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> LeBron James: The Dominator

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> LeBron James cannot falter <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> We all know who will falter <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> BAM! He drives around you as you fall <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> As he still dribbles the ball <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Making him <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The shot maker <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The rim slammer <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The drive baseline, make you pay amazing player <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The pass taker <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The games flavor <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The guy you came to watch, the basket drainer <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The shot blocker <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The shot creator <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The one-man show, the worlds best player <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The Pass catcher <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The point generator <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> LeBron James is the dominator

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Why My Poem is Similar to Charles R. Smith Jr.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="display: inline ! important; font: 12px Times; margin: 0px;"> My Poem is similar to the style of Charles R. Smith Jr. for many reasons. We both use onomatopoeia. For example, in my poem in line three there is “BAM!”. In Charles poem __The Creator__ there is “SPLASH!!!” We also share a similar theme. We both write about specific basketball players and the valuable skills and assets they possess. We also both extensively rhyme to the suffixes of either “ator” “er” or “or”. Both of us also usually have two short rhyming lines and then one longer line that rhymes too the first two lines in somewhat of an AAB form. We also compare the basketball player to various things in the form of metaphors. My poem is extremely similar to the styles of Charles R. Smith Jr.