From a community theater background in Australia to a respected poet and

community organizer in the US, Ratsack came to Atlanta's burgeoning poetry

and music scene in 2000 where he developed his unique style and become

known for adding comic relief to an otherwise fairly seriously charged genre.

He was selected twice for HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam” series, and began

performing around the country as a featured artist within the spoken word

circuit.

In 2008 Ratsack created a full-length one-man show, “Love Lies, A Seriously

Silly Soliloquy,” to expand the entertainment value of his work and allow it to

stretch beyond the boundaries of the spoken word categorization. Veteran

Atlanta radio personality, Griff aka Griffy2Trillion‘s said of the show, “Ratsack

takes you on a ride that you would be glad to wait in a 4 hour line to go again

on.  Brilliant! Sharp and OVER Clever. He will win a Tony (Award) for certain."

Ratsack's "first home" is a small seaside village in Australia where he grew

up in a tightly knit community.  He has traveled the world, from the Pacific

Islands, to Asia, Europe, Mexico and across the United States to study the

inner workings of the ancient village. In Atlanta he created his own program

through Youth Empowerment America to challenge, inspire and empower

youth. As a speaker or consultant he

espouses the benefits of building stronger neighborhoods and communities

and  maintains that a well organized regular open mic event can be used as a

very effective community organizing tool within a neighborhood or campus.