Poet Ebo

This Poet of Purpose has been writing poetry for more than 6 decades. She is best known for her signature poems, What Did You Make Roaches Fo,’ and the infamous Lord Why Did You Make Me Black, which has been published in various books and magazines including Chicken Soup for the African American Soul; her raps: Look What We Did, Part 1 and 2, and her parody: Pull Yo’ Pants Up (sung to the melody of Hit the Road Jack by the late Ray Charles).

Miss Ebo (aka Mrs Gray) has been a guest or guest host on several radio stations locally and out of the city. She has self-published several books and chapbooks and has been a guest speaker at schools, churches, community groups and non-profit organizations inside and outside of the United States.

Poet Ebo was featured as Author of the Month in Kwee Magazine (Oct 2016), a Liberian publication and now has a regular column called Keeping It Real.

In 2006, she established Poet-Ify: Poetry to Edify, a family-friendly poetry venue where poets, spoken word artists, musicians, singers and more come and share their God-given talent on open mic or as features. Since 2011, RuNett has blessed the mic at various venues with her Partner-In-Rhyme, Victoria “The Axiom” Peurifoy.