" Under the Kerosene Lamp", was the title of the poem submitted to the 21th annual Renfard Kincade Poetry Competition by Jackson Whitlock, it was also the poem that led to his sacking from the university's English department. Additionally, it was this same poem( attributed to an even lesser-known poet named Sergio Williams), that was the catalyst of his first marriage -a young literature student named, Rosario de la Cruz.
He had indeed stolen the poem from Williams and openly admitted to it. Arguing before the university board he shouted ,"With the changes I made - that I had to make, (in reality only 9 words out of 124), I've given this poem the proper birth it deserves, it has been liberated"!
This was three years before he started talking to pidgeons.
He had indeed stolen the poem from Williams and openly admitted to it. Arguing before the university board he shouted ,"With the changes I made - that I had to make, (in reality only 9 words out of 124), I've given this poem the proper birth it deserves, it has been liberated"!
This was three years before he started talking to pidgeons.
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