Poetry speaks volumes on a world full of passion within the hearts and minds of urban youth that has yet to have been cultivated, ALKN invites you to glimpse into that very world with this anthology of his younger works. Here is a collection of writings that is contrary to popular beliefs and stereotypes concerning the inner workings and philosophy of a young male in a tough city. The anthology is brought to you in two parts. In the first, we journey with ALKN across cultural barriers as he contemplates and analyzes his environment. Stories, poems, even essays bring refreshing perspectives and introduce a unique digestible writing style that speaks on several levels not only to enthusiast and intellectuals, but also to that random not so poetically versed individual. The contemplations of ALKN presented in the first part of this anthology bring new insight with uniqueness and intimacy into perspectives of a young man coming to his own in a tough city. The second part of this composition is vastly different from the first in that the focus shifts from this young philosophical boy, to a passionate, very erotic romance. ALKN likes to visit the object of his desires firsthand through rhymical poetry. Without a doubt, the passion in the second half of ALKN's first anthology is dangerously erotically provocative.
