In The Writer's Den w/Verso Turner

Creativity is a gift that shines brighter than any diamond I have ever seen.  I was leaving a comment on a friend's social media post when I stumbled upon this lyrically blessed genius.  His response was far from ordinary and I knew he had a story to be told.  Rhythmic, poetic, musically inclined, and gifted.  I am excited to share his story with all of you, so without further delay, I introduce, Verso Turner! 

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◆ How are you doing on this amazing day?
I'm great, but communicate better in rhyme
so I'll answer every question as a poem of mine
ya see, we all gotta talk the way that God had us designed
instead of formulating sentences... this poem is mines

◆ Writers are known for having thoughts at any given time.  When do you have your best ideas?
After I meditate, or listen to music
or talk to my spouse, she is someone I can muse wit
or any day that I pray and speak to that higher power
writing now takes a minute when it used to take an hour

◆ If you had to give a title to the blueprint of your life, what would it be called?
Life Path No. 9

◆ Do you remember the first time you brought ink to paper?
when I was six
teachers 
comment on the kid 
saying 
 “he’s so intelligent
but we’re concerned 
about his lisp 
and his bag 
is full of 
papers
balled up, 
messy 
and unkempt” 
when I 
couldn’t find my 
homework
dirty fingers 
and bad stench 
didn't know that I had problems then
I just wrote down all my thoughts
any moment I could think about
I wrote it, I would jot
and it got me thru a lot
from then I just put it on a page
and it got me through my rage
and it put me on the stage... 
so here I am

"You gotta believe you got it...always.  Whatever it is; it'll be easier with you rooting for you.  So root for you.  ~Verso Turner

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◆ Other than writing, tell us what else you love that gets your heart pumping.
​My main passion is solving reality
exploring the nature of spirit and distant galaxies
I like exploring and learning
I love to hang with my fam
I'm all about esoteric knowledge
I wanna know what I am

◆The writing community is a huge network of authors, creators and so much more, do you ever feel pressured to perform based on what others are doing?
not really cuz
they hate you when you different
they hate on your indifference
they hate you when you shifting
from here onto new dimensions
I swear
​
usually, I live unusually
don't conform, I'm just doing me
cuz in all us is jewelry
that is the same, but the same
truthfully

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◆ Have you ever googled yourself?
yep...they got me all wrong lol

​◆ Writer's block is commonly heard of, but have you ever experienced reader's block?  If so, how do you pause and reset your brain?
I reset my brain everyday
it's the mystics only way
it's my habit, so that's how I beat it
I shut my brain down, relax it
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​​◆ You are given free plane tickets to go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Tanzania, Africa
so I can take my wife home
after that, Mt Shasta California
so I can find UFOs (I'm weird, I know)

◆ In your opinion, what truly defines a writer?
Nothing truly defines us
cause titles can sit behind us
you'd have to be us to understand
you couldn't simply rewind us

I think our true selves are inconceivable
and so is the truth
everyone would have to be silent
I couldn't say a thing to you

but the attempt to take the divine
and try and put those in words
is the closest untrue definition
I ever heard

so if we picking, I pick that
but like it's a fact
just more that it's a shadow
and I'm ok with that

◆ How many published books do you have and what are you working on next?
I've never been published, never sought it before
we'll see in the future
I'm just here expressing myself
so my death don't come sooner
I got an album I'm working on
cuz I put my writtens to cadence
I hope to share my art, with any heart
that find it amazing or just entertaining
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"Creativity is contagious, pass it on" -Albert Einstein

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​◆ If you could go in reverse, what would you tell the young Verso Turner?
If I had a time machine
I'd ride the thing
To when I was a tike
Just to school myself
And give myself 
an even better life
I'd tell the younger me 
the dreams l had 
and hungered for
Ain't really what I got
But can come true
If I want it more

Cause it ain't gonna fall in your lap like that
You wonder why labels ain't calling you back?
But if you get off of your crack
perhaps
You won't be trapped like a rat
How simple is that?
Real simple in fact
It's math divide it
Even substract
Get past the path
Of talking just trash
Don't sit in the lab just letting time past

Get up get out and get something
Don't settle for nothing
Have enough sense to function
Be abrupt kid

Put down the Teddy Rumpskin
Pick up the pen
Forget those crabs in the bucket
Down on your luck?
So what keep trucking

just be yourself ok?
you gotta seize the day
just keep it moving, watch
all your friends will imitate
now let's reiterate
your soul can generate
a language that can cross
a generation gap
it's been that way

time waits for no man
that ain't no omen see 
it's just a slogan
meaningless 
when you are chosen see 
cause when you're chosen
it's time that 
moves too slow
that it seems 
the future's open
let me grab my pen
rewrite HIS-story/history 
literally and figuratively 
I crossed that twist out 
wrote in comic sans
that's what 
I'm always talking about 
I ain't taking 
no bows
because the curtains 
ain't down 
the show will 
go on indefinitely
long as someone's in the crowd 

The taste is 
sour like kraut
defeat
I know something of it 
that's why 
I know how to win
I felt the pain 
when I wasn't 
that will not 
happen again
some of you 
think nothing of it 
I do 
all that I can
to hit the ground 
and start running 
comets scorch 
when they plummit
on our way 
to the summit...

but none of that really matters today because...

I locked the old me in a TRUNK
I dragged it out the house 
and I put it in a TRUCK
I drove it out of town
even stopped to fill it UP
you could hear him crying 
in the back,
man that night was ROUGH
I took him to a river
that I felt 
was deep ENOUGH
he begged me for his life 
yelling
“this is 'UCKED UP”
We argued for a while, 
and he said a lot of STUFF
I said 
“Man I’d hate to be you
you ain’t gonna make it BRUH”
think about it
you always held me back
you’re such a coward
under your direction 
we kept living by the hour
you never had a plan
you only planned to keep us down”
he said 
“we can work it out”
I said “I really don’t see how
or you
You can try and get away 
before I throw you off this place”
He screamed 
“look me in my face, 
how can you throw yourself away?!"
I just smiled and said
'I don’t need you
that was yesterday
I’m on to bigger better things, 
I need you 
out of my way'
so I can confess
I confess
I will testify
I had to do it
had to do it
it was jest- ified (haha)
I’m joking
I was choking on his
mediocre bullshhhhh
gloves come off
and these punches
I won’t pull shhhhh

◆ Where do you pull your inspiration from?
From within, from Source, from God, from my Muse (wife)

​◆ In closing, is there anything else you would like to say?
Check fa me in July 2022 and anyone that wants to collab, buy a custom poem or work with me in the future (I write, rap, produce) can email me at versoturner@gmail.com.

Stay up, it's all love.  Thank you for your time.

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As the wheels of this creativity bus keep turning round and round, I am so very happy that I stumbled upon you, Mr. Turner.  Thank you for sharing your divine gift!

Connect with Verso
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/VersoTurner-810861045917611/
​The Word Is Bond: https://www.thewordisbond.com/sol-minor-and-verso-turner-deliver-fresh-roadkill/
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B08GYP9ZZB?do=play&trackAsin=B08GYHNJ67&ref=dm_sh_oV0HPLsVjtTEktDa1hxfFnN98
Sound Cloud: soundcloud.com/versoturner?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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~AJ 💫