PROVOKING THOUGHTS IN POETRYTHIS PRICELESS BOOK OF POETRY IS SIMPLE A POETICAL MASTERPIECE. THE AUTHOR "MIKE THORPE" SKILLFULLY BLENDS LIFE'S ISSUES AND REALITIES WITHIN HIS ART AND DELIVERS EACH POEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT EACH READER WILL IDENTIFY, CONNECT AND BE FULLY SATISFIED. MICHAEL'S BELIEF THAT POETRY IS ENTERTAINING, POETRY IS THERAPEUTIC, POETRY IS HEALING, POETRY CAN CONNECT MIND AND SOUL THROUGH ART IS SURELY ILLUSTRATED IN THIS BOOK AS HE BUNDLES VARIOUS POEMS TOGETHER IN ONE REFRESHINLY APPETIZING AND FILLING POT OF RHYMES. MICHAEL THORPE WAS BORN ON THE TINY CARRIBEAN ISLAND OF JAMAICA. HE GREW UP WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO WAS AN AVID LOVER OF POETRY. INFLUENCE LARGELY BY HIS GRANDMOTHER PLUS ARMED WITH RAW TALENT, MICHAEL AT THE VERY TENDER AGE OF FIVE, BEGAN RECITING AT CHURCH AND SCHOOL FUNCTIONS.ALTHOUGH THIS IS MICHAEL'S FIRST COMPLETE PUBLISHED WORK MIKE HAS ALWAYS CLUNG TO HIS POETIC ROOTS POETRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS FIRST LOVE. HIS MOTTO REMAINS, POETRY SOOTHES AND HEALS. IN THIS BOOK "PROVOKING THOUGHTS IN POETRY" MICHAEL DELIVERS A COLLECTION OF POETRY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS. THE AUTHOR'S ABILITY TO BRING TODAY'S REALITY AND ISSUES TOGETHER IN AN ARTISTIC, YET SIMPLE WAY IS CERTAINLY QUITE PHENOMENAL. HIS INFECTIOUS STYLE WILL HELP YOU FIND NEW LOVE FOR POETRY, OR FALL IN LOVE WITH IT ALL OVER AGAIN.