#allenminor

Mental Health Shorts- “My Post-Traumatic Moment”

If you don’t follow me on Facebook then you may not have heard about my new series of videos called Mental Health Shorts. These videos are relatively short (hence the name), and they will each cover a specific mental health illness. I haven’t set a specific schedule for this series, but I will be sure to keep you posted on all social media outlets when I put a new one out (and I’ll also create a…

“Final Services – A Veteran Poem *Behind The Scenes*

When I was 17 I joined the Army as a Mortuary Affairs Specialist. Many people don’t realize that this position exists, or at the very least they don’t think about it often.

Mortuary Affairs (92M) is the second-oldest job in the military, second only to infantry. It deals with the assistance of autopsies of fallen soldiers, and of the processing of the personal effects (inventory of all of their…

Over a year ago, I joined three other veterans for a writing workshop held by Miami Dade College. We met for a few months writing with the intention of doing an informal reading at the end. That “informal reading” turned into a spoken word poetry performance about our experiences as people, as service members, and as veterans. That performance then went on to be the first show by the veteran…

Welcome to the official blog of A.S. Minor! This is a place where I connect with my readers and listeners. Please feel free to share anything that you see here, and explore a little. Click on the “About” section to learn more about me.

Most of my work is done on YouTube. The schedule is as follows:

Wednesdays @ 6pm: Minor’s Open Mic -This is a segment where I post spoken word poetry by different…

"Pure Imagination" by Noir Jente, recorded by Eddie Dts Figures, featured by A.S. Minor

“Pure Imagination” by Noir Jente

Seeing as how this is my first blog post, I thought I would also dedicate it to my first video on Minor’s Open Mic, a segment on my YouTube channel. This is a spoken word poem by a very talented poet named Noir Jente. His poem, entitled “Pure Imagination,” is a recollection of when his son was diagnosed with #autism. The poem is deeply moving, well-written, and…