Containing six stories and fifty poems, I Made My Boy Out of Poetry, by Savannah, Georgia, poet and author Aberjhani, was initially published by Washington Publications in 1998. The first cover (seen here) featured an original oil painting by native New Orleans artist Gustave Blache III.

The stories and poems in I Made My Boy Out of Poetry were written from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. For that reason, they reflect a synthesis of polished academic form and the raw energy of spoken word culture that emerged in the United States during the 1990s.

Prior to its publication, work from the title appeared in a number of both well-established and underground publications. These included: The African-American Literary Review; The Angry Fixx; The Dull Fly; The Georgia Guardian; Out of the Blue; Poets, Artists, and Madmen; The Savannah Literary Journal; and The Savannah Tribune. Later, ESSENCE Magazine featured works from the title.

Reviews of I Made My Boy Out of Poetry have hailed the book for its creative daring, spiritual vitality, and intellectual range. Weighing in from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, playwright and poet Mark Smith Soto noted the following of the author: “He has a powerful understanding of the music words can make, not only with their sound but with their meanings… he has intelligence, emotional range, imagination, and is alive to the very tips of his fingers.”