A little something about...
J.Love Kearse
I was born and raised in York, Pennsylvania
Degrees: A.A. in Specialized Business, B.A. in Organizational Leadership and MBA in Management
The Work: 2 CDs titled Destiny's Calling and The Love Chronicles; Book of Poetry titled “Passing Bi”; currently working on 3rd album no title for it as of yet and working on a chapbook titled “Cheat Sheets”
Awards:
2nd Place in 2006 Heavy Word Poetry Slam
Winner in the 3 - 2006 Harrisburg Slam Team Poetry Slams
2007 Poet of the Year Central PA Hip Hop Awards
2008 Poet of the Year Central PA Hip Hop Awards
(Stopped Performing from 2009 - 2013)
2014 United States Delegate at the 18th Annual International Albanian Poetry Festival in Tetova, Macedonia
2014 Winner of the 1st Annual Silke Liria Blumbach Award for Poetic Expression
I would have to say these are my favorite poems because I can actually quote lines from them:
Poem - Tremble by Christine Lincoln
Poem - Invictus by William Ernest Henley
Poem - Saline by Dustin Nispel
Poem - Still I Rise by Dr. Maya Angelou
Poem - I Am A Poet by Egedeme Frangui
Other favorite writers/poets include: CM Spence, Carla Christopher, Femi the Dri Fish, Vision, Elijah Pierson, Maria James-Thiaw and Shashaawn Dial-Snowden.
The key to my style is that really have no style at all; I rip a page from my notebook, tack it to the wall then spit...and let the words lay where they fall.
I started writing when I was 21. The first thing I'd written was a song on a paper towel. I just sat down and felt inspired, so I started writing. I suppose it was Gods way of introducing me to another piece of myself; pushing me past egocentrism to the examination of my own heart and offering me a means to express its voice.
My perfect day...The day I become a Nobel Laureate
I am inspired by Love, pain, anger, joy, beauty, people, places and things. Inspiration can come at any time by any means.
My life is a single thread weaving itself into the fabric of eternity securing its stitch among the immortal.