Shadows and Silhouettes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780988962804)

As each body sprouts from the crevices of the world that is constantly evolving, there too grows millions of voices along with it. The air swells with the sound of mankind. From the quiet corners of a small town Sharday Cage was unknowingly sharpening her voice too. Sharday Cage was born in Troy, Missouri on September 30, 1985. She moved to Chicago in 2004 where she attended Saint Xavier University majoring in Mass Communications. A groundbreaking moment occurred as she recited one of her poems called "Forgiveness" for Sister Helen Prejean, who has become a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. Sharday Cage's writing only grew stronger from there as her life in Chicago heavily influenced her first collection of poetry called, Death of a Black Star which was published in November 2011. Sharday Cage covers a wide range of topics from violence to love to nature and spirituality but her perspective is always clear and most importantly filled with sincere honesty. Death of a Black Star was highly praised for thought provoking poems like "Zombie", "Red Line", and "Black Suit" that reaches a wide range of people defying age, race, or class. Death of a Black Star has since become a best seller on Amazon for African poetry on kindle and paperback. Sharday Cage remains in Chicago as an up and coming writer and poet performing throughout the city proclaiming loudly her voice so that it may be heard and understood and amongst the world; stand out.