num_pages: 148
description: Poet/artist Spokentruth" was born Patrick Wayne Dockett on December 24, 1980. The second of three children, Patrick started writing poetry at the age of twelve. Poetry was his escape after his parents split, which forced him, his mom, older brother and younger sister, to live in their former house with no working utilities. A weaker person would have crumbled but Patrick's mother excelled under pressure. The next three years would prove difficult for the family as Patrick's mother continued to work toward her bachelor's degree in English at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, despite all of the odds stacked against her. A firsthand witness to his mother working two full-time jobs as well as maintaining a full load at the university, Patrick knew that she had the weight of her family's survival on her shoulders. In one of his poems, Patrick "Despite a life filled with poverty and hardships year after year, I've not heard from her lips one obscenity nor from her eyes seen one tear." His mother was his hero and his only reason for going public with his poetry. Patrick graduated high school in 1999 and attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff majoring in English (liberal arts). He completed three years before relocating to California with aspirations of being an accomplished author. He currently attends San Diego City College. Writing the truth as he experiences it, Patrick looks to touch all different audiences with his poetry."
language: English
title: Everything That I Am: Part One
titlecomplete: Everything That I Am: Part One
publisher: PublishAmerica