Suppressed Emotions

About the Book

Suppressed Emotions is a small anthology of poems that speak on different issues that the writer has experienced. These situations that should have been addressed were locked away. Not knowing how to release the hurt that went on in his life the writer decided to bottle up all his feelings. By doing so it changed him in ways he never thought was possible. Never lashing out at people physically, he learned how to use only his words whether it was good or bad, he did it in a way that was very therapeutic. Speaking on the lost of love ones, regret, and sorrow the writer takes you on a ride showing how with so much going on one person can still strive on in this wild ride called life.

About the Author

Kevin Cooper is a native of the Philadelphia area. He went to school at William Penn High where his love of writing began. His mother Kathleen Gray was an avid reader. Her love for books sparked Kevin’s love for creating stories of all types. Growing up under his mother and father Ronald cooper he listened to the music they played. He watched a lot of television with his mother understanding that there were stories told in these different forms. During a high school assignment writing a poem for Black History for the first time he realized he had a gift for writing. As he grows up, he starts really seeing this world for what it was. As he tried to find himself, he went through a lot of changes which caused him to change his identity as far as to what people called him. His life as Kevin he wanted to forget, as a teenager he became Quick, finally as he hit adult hood, he became Sebastian Gray.