Athletes Activism and Apple boughs

<p>My good friend and fellow poet John Telford has been a world-ranked sprinter a championship track coach a teacher a college professor and a Detroit Public Schools superintendent. He remains a lifelong civil-rights activist. </p><p></p><p>- Blane Smith All-American Purdue and NFL linebacker</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Telford is Detroit's Robert Frost! - Joseph Preville PH.D. Harvard University</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>John's Detroit-oriented poetry is shameless kiss-and-tell - and it's brilliant! - Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum Michigan Boxing Commissioner Emeritus</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This All-American athlete and physical marvel tells poetic tales of love and ecstasy with a blunt unruly truth that transcends the tyrannical rules of decorum. - Sunanda Samaddar Corrado Ph.D. Columbia University</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Dr. Telford's autobiographical verse is evocatively erotic and he's also a poetic genius. - Mildred Williams Coordinator the Detroit Poets and Authors Society</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Coach Telford is a legend. - Spencer Haywood NBA All-Star forward</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Herein are fascinating pages of Detroit's athletic and civil-rights history also recounting this busy Bard's AMATORY history as well. - Greg Dunmore Pulsebeat TV Arts Entertainment and Culture journalist Detroit </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>John Telford has fully tasted the forbidden fruit. - Willie Wooten vice president (retired) Detroit Public Schools Organization of Administrators and Supervisors</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm going to read this poetic masterpiece over and over again! Come and join me! - Greg Thrasher radio and TV commentator Washington D.C</p>