I’m a poet, a photographer, but most importantly an innovative artist.

Today, I am known as one of the top 200 of 20,000 poets. The reason why people love my poetry is because I have been blessed with earned knowledge on how to turn pain into love it for this reason that I had the honor of becoming 2012’s Best Poet. I now own an art company called Art By Tovias that sells my unique quotes, t-shirts, and (of course) photography.

But things didn’t always used to be this way. I was homeless for a big portion of my life. So, as you can imagine, I come from the poorest of the poor backgrounds. For me, the only option was hard work, and I had to learn the hard way that there’s no shortcut to success. During my time out on the streets, God taught me how to become an assiduous individual. I admit that this wasn’t easy and that I did get lost along the way, especially when I lost one of children to S.I.D.S. at the age of six months. Pain, sorrow, and depression like I never knew washed over me and I had sunken so low within myself and I didn’t think I would ever get back up again. However, that is when God stepped in a gave me a choice between the pills I was taken or the pen I now use to write with, long story short I choose the pen and that was my life line that pulled me out of my mental struggles. I managed to obtain a GED as well as my AA while being homeless. My toils in life, have taught me how to develop great faith and I am a firm believer that hard work always pays off. That’s why I have dedicated my pain to my artistry.

I’m honored that God trusted me with these talents, proud of my skills, my work, but most importantly I am proud of how far God has allowed me to come in life!​