Between the Sun and the Shade
Thanksgiving in Louisiana with the Davis Family
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Buddie I gave him paI gave him paper to write And he went away to write He returned and asked for another sheet I was impressed I asked him to let me see what he wrote He showed me crumpled paper I smiled, and then he smiled He wanted more paper He wanted more paper To make popping sounds Buddie is something else
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For many reasons, calendar year 2008 has been a year that has moved us to sing . . . to laugh . . .to cry . . . to dance . . . to dream ... and to hope. It has been a year that has reminded us that we all have the power to transform our dreams into entities that the world can see, feel, hear, and touch. Between The Sun And The Shade, a soulfully riveting poetic narrative penned by author, poet, creative genius, educator, humanitarian, Chicago native and Thought Leader John D. Evans will move you to laugh, sing, cry, dance, and dream.
About the Author
John D. Evans graduated from Morris Brown College with Cum Laude honors in the spring of 1996 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. Upon graduation, he worked for two years as a Business Analyst, Operations Specialist, and Operations Reporter for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Detroit, Michigan. Longing for growth and change, he moved back to Chicago where he worked temporary jobs. In Chicago, in the Computer Lab of Malcolm X College, John D. Evans began to publish his poetic memoirs. In the summer of 2000, he published Acres of Green and Oceans of Blue: Diary of a Runaway. He later published More Than a Club Kid: Man Versus Self (2002), Things That Make My World Go ‘Round: A Poetic Memoir (2003), How Deep I Can Be: Lessons and Confessions (2005), Diary of a Renaissance Man: Axioms, Aphorisms, Art, and Poetry (2007), and J.D.’s Groove (2008). Diary of a Renaissance Man is a Children’s Choice Book (2008) that has been chosen by The International Reading Association (IRA), the Children's Book Council (CBC), and 10,000 schoolchildren. John D. Evans earned a Master of Arts in Special Education from Saint Xavier University (2002) and a Master of Arts in School Improvement and Leadership from Olivet Nazarene University (2005). He is currently a member of the Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society of Education, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc., the Poetry Society of America, and the Academy of American Poets. John D. Evans is pursuing National Board Certification while earning his Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from Argosy University (Chicago). John D. Evans currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois where he continues to write and advocate for the disenfranchised. He is a Special Education Case Manager and Learning Behavior Specialist with the Chicago Public Schools.