Jamal Rashad Cornell, a poet from Greenwood, MS, has been writing poetre since the summer of 2000, shortly after his thirteenth birthday. Over the years, he has compiled several books of poetre, to include over 375 poems and 15 short stories. He writes to express the things he has trouble conveying verbally, as well as to inspire and connect with his readers. He writes of love, heartache, loss, grief, depression, and hope; he even writes for those who have poetic hearts, but lack the skill to write what they feel.