Terry E. Carter is a gifted poet and speaker. Terry lives in Randolph, but was born and raised in Medford, MA and directs elder services at the historic West Medford Community Center. He is a classically-trained writer whose literary influences range from Shakespeare to the Harlem Renaissance. He was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Nashville’s Fisk University and was a former graduate fellow at Boston University’s College of Communications. Terry is a husband, a father, and an ordained Deacon and Arts Minister. He enjoys taking contemporary life and faith experiences and translating them into word pictures that engage people in a truly unique way. He has published five volumes of inspired poetry, including his most recent book, Brown Skin and the Brave New World: A Poet’s Anthem, which was released in the fall of 2020. Terry is a cancer survivor and has written about this journey extensively. In July of 2021, he became Medford’s first-ever Poet Laureate. For more information on Terry, or to find his published work, visit his website: www.brownskinnedpoet.net