More than two decades after he began promoting the poetry and spoken-word works of Los Angeles writers through his organization SoulVisions, Sunji Ali has finally produced a book of his own poems and will introduce it during a book signing and open reading the afternoon of April 10 from 2 to 4 o’clock at Zahra’s book store. The book, “Obama Dreamwalk,” is a self-published effort and represents the evolution of Ali as a poet, writer and playwright.

From the minute that child came into the house, you knew you were in trouble.
You never asked for a brother or sister, but there you were. And from then on, you had to share toys, Mom, everything.
But it wasn’t all bad. With a sibling in the house, there was always somebody to play with. It pretty much doubled your toys. And best of all, you knew, down-deep, that somebody would always have your back.