Last night I was commissioned to do a surprise photo shoot for a friends birthday. Her boyfriend went to great lengths to surprise her. More coming on that in my next post. While waiting for the signal I decided to go and walk around downtown Dallas. The night started with a homeless man needing some food and a bus ticket…so I much obliged. Then as I sat and waited a man walked by and asked me if I liked poetry. Right away I was intrigued. I took the bait and said “sure.” He handed me a paper back book of poems that he had printed. He turned to a page and then asked me to read as he recited it to me. Word for word he recited that poem about his journey back from drug addiction. I then asked him his story. For the next 30 min. or so he told me all about himself. I learned that this was one of three books that he had written and self published. He sells them on the streets a few times a week for some extra cash and the opportunity to get his story out there. I was remiss that I had spent the last of my money on the last guy. I really wanted to buy a book from him. We exchanged emails and contact info and we will be in contact soon. Until then…here is a pic of my new friend Vernon “The Street Poet”!!!
Here are a few more shots from my time of waiting last night…
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