DANIEL J. DAVIS (D.J. DAVIS) WAS BORN IN CHICAGO, IL., BUT HE WAS RAISED IN THE SOUTH SUBURBS OF LYNWOOD. HE ATTENDED NATHAN HALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL HE ATTENDED HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE HE FOUND HIS LOVE FOR POETRY. AT FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH POETRY HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND OR LIKE POETRY SHAKESPEARE, FROST, DICKENS ETC. HIS FIRST LOVE WROTE HIM A POEM AND OF COURSE HE WROTE ONE BACK. SHE HAD TAKEN A STRONG LIKING TO HIS WORK AND SHOWED HER FRIENDS. IT WAS THEN THAT HE REALIZED THAT HE MAY HAVE A TALENT IN THE ONE AREA THAT HE DISLIKED THE MOST POETRY. HE BEGAN TO USE POETRY AS AN OUTLET OF EXPRESSING HIMSELF TO NOT ONLY WOMEN, BUT AS A TOOL TO COLLECT HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE. WHEN HE REALIZED THIS HE DECIDED TO DO AN EXPERIMENT IF YOU WILL TO SEE IF HIS BOOK WOULD SALE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR NOT? HE WITH THE HELP OF HIS MOTHER PROOF READING HIS WORK GOT 10 OF HIS BEST POEMS AND PUT IT INTO ONE OF THOSE BOOK REPORT BINDERS. HE PRINTED UP 25 COPIES AND SOLD 25 COPIES IN 15 MINUTES. IT WAS THEN WHERE HIS CONFIDENCE HAD GROWN EXTREMELY WHERE HE COULD WRITE A BOOK AND IT WOULD SEE. EVEN AFTER HE HAD STARTED TAKING TIME TO WRITE THE BOOK PEOPLE WHERE CALLING HIM AND HIS MOTHER FOR MORE COPIES OF THE BOOK. THIS ONLY ENCOURAGED HIM MORE AND MORE TO GET THE BOOK OUT. AFTER ATTENDING HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL HE GRADUATED IN 2001. HE THEN STARTED TO ATTENDED TO T.F. SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS THEN WHERE HE HAD MET MR. DARRAH A FRESHMEN ENGLISH TEACHER. MR. DARRAH TAUGHT HIM THE FUNDMENTALS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VOCABULARY THIS LESSON HELP MOLD HIS WRITING. THIS IS WHY HE DEDICATED HIS BOOK TO HIM, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS HE WOULDN'T BE WHERE HE IS TODAY. AFTER HE SOON STARTED TO BUILD HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MR.DARRAH HIS FAMILY MOVED TO GRIFFITH, INDIANA. D.J. AND FAMILY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE INDIANA AND WOULD MAKE TRIPS BACK AND FORTH TO LYNWOOD AND CHICAGO. BUT THEY SOON ADJUSTED TO THERE NEW HOME IN INDIANA. D.J. AND SISTER ATTENDED GRIFFITH HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY WERE TAKING HOLD ON THEIR TALENTS WITHIN THERE NEW SCHOOL THROUGH DANCE HIS SISTER AND THROUGH WRITING D.J. TOOK HOLD. WHILE ATTENDING GRIFFITH D.J. HAD TAKEN A CLASS IN JOURNALISM TRYING TO VENTURE INTO OTHER AVENUES OF WRITING. HE HAD QUICKLY FOUND OUT THAT JOURNALISM WASN'T ONCE THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN. HE HAD REACHED OUT TO HIS JOURNALISM TEACHER MS. KRAIKO AND SHE OFFERED TO HELP GRADE HIS POETRY ON HER LUNCH BREAKS. THIS ALLOWED HIM TO SPEND MORE TIME ON WHAT HE KNEW BEST POETRY. IT WAS THEN WHERE HE REALLY STARTED TO WORK ON HIS BOOK AND WAS ABLE TO PRINT UP HIS WORK. HE ALSO HAD OTHER INFLUENCES AT GRIFFITH HIGH SCHOOL SUCH AS MS.O. MS.O WAS HIS ENGLISH TEACHER AND HAD ENCOURAGED HIM ON MANY DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS. BUT WHAT PROBABLY STOOD OUT THE MOST TO HIM WAS WHEN SHE SAID," I KNOW YOUR GOING TO BE A GREAT WRITER ONE DAY". AFTER STAYING IN INDIANA FOR A YEAR THE FAMILY DECIDED THAT THEY NEEDED A NEW SCENE TO BE IN SO THEY MOVED BACK TO CHICAGO. WHEN HE CAME BACK TO CHICAGO HE STARTED TO ATTEND ST. RITA HIGH SCHOOL IT IS THEN WHEN HE MET DR. KISICKI. DR. K HAD TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WING EVEN BEFORE HE HAD BECOME A STUDENT OF HIS. HE ENCOURAGED THAT HE ENTER INTO THE POETRY.COM AND AMERICAN POETS SOCIETY POETRY CONTESTS WHICH HE WAS PUBLISHED IN BOTH OF THE BOOKS. ONCE HE HAD BECOME A STUDENT OF DR. K THERE RELATIONSHIP WAS ALREADY ON ANOTHER LEVEL SINCE THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED EACHOTHER WITHIN THE INTEREST OF BUILDING HIS WRITING AS AN ARTIST. DR. K HAD BECOME HIS HOMEROOM TEACHER AND A GREAT FRIEND OVER TIME. D.J. STILL KEEPS IN CONTACT WITH DR.K TIL THIS DAY WITH HIS WRITING VENTURES. DURING THE TIME D.J. WAS A PART OF HIS CLASS D.J.'S CAREER WAS ON THE RISE BOTH WITHIN THE SCHOOL AS A POET AND HE ALSO STARTED PERFORM AT OPEN-MICS SUCH AS JAC'S N JAVA, CAFE 917, BORDERS ON 53RD, POETRY ON THE PATIO, AND NEGRO LEAGUE TO NAME A FEW. SINCE THEN HE'S BEEN A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO HIS CHURCH CHRIST UNIVERSAL TEMPLE SPEAKING AND MENTORING THE YOUTH. HE KEEPS IN CONTACT WITH HIS MENTORS FROM WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU TOO MAY NEED EACHOTHER. SINCE THEN HE HAS ATTENDED COLUMBIA COLLEGE, BUT CURRENTLY ATTENDS EVEREST COLLEGE FOR MASSAGE THERAPY. HE HOPES TO GO TO COLUMBIA IN THE FALL FOR MUSIC BUSINESS. THROUGH ALL OF THE MENTORING THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM HE LEARNED MOST BY WATCHING AND LISTENING THEN ASKING QUESTIONS. HE HAS FINALLY FINISHED HIS FIRST BOOK OF POETRY ONE OF MANY TO COME. HE ALSO RUNS HIS TWO BUSINESSES WITH HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND BEST FRIEND SHAUN HARRIS KRYSTAL KLEAR PRODUCTIONS (FILM AND PLAYWRIGHT COMPANY) AND BARRIER BREAKING PUBLISHING (PUBLISHING COMPANY). I'LL BE RETURNING TO COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN CHICAGO NEXT WEEK AND MAJORING IN MUSIC BUSINESS & POETRY. I'LL WORKING ON GETTING MY BOOK INTO A BOOKSTORE THAT IS SELLS COLUMBIA STUDENTS WORK ENTITLED SHOP COLUMBIA. SO LOOK OUT FOR THAT AS WELL FOR MY BOOK BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE NATION VERY SOON.ONCE WE LEARN TO LET GO THAN WE LEARN TO LIVE AND ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT WE ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE. FOR SOME THAT VERY LESSON IS THE DIVIDING FACTOR BELIEVE JUST BEING ALIVE AND LIVING. WHY DIVIDE YOURSELF FROM WHAT YOU HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON? WHY NOT GIVE YOURSELF WHAT YOU DESERVE THE BEST!MYSELF AND BROTHER RED ARE STARTED ANOTHER OPEN-MIC OUTSIDE OF SOULFUL EXPRESSIONS ON 745 E. 75TH ST. CHICAGO, IL. WE ARE STARTING ANOTHER OPEN-MIC IN EVANSTON AT BOOCOO'S CAFE ON DODGE AND CHURCH IN EVANSTON STARTING NEXT WEEK. FOR MORE INFORMATION JUST SEND ME A NOTE SO WE CAN BUILD. PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO ALL!
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