About the author
Harlem, New York – April 1, 2003 – Armed with his tome, “Corner Stores in the Middle of the Block”, Blue boards a crowded southbound D-train at 7:30 am headed for work with the other commuters. Only, he isn’t going to an office, he’s a spoken word artist, and the straphangers are his audience. Not to be confused with the often talented, though misguided panhandlers with meandering routines who flood the trains each day, begging for spare change…people actually look forward to seeing Blue, whose sole purpose underground is to publicize his self-published book. Many times before he begins his prolific signature piece, “Project Zero,” someone who wants to know where they can purchase his book and how they can be informed of upcoming scheduled events, approaches him.

   

Born in Harlem, but raised as a military brat between the United States and Europe. Blue returned to the states from Germany as a teenager, experienced culture shock and quickly developed a discerning eye, which lends to his writing today. Willie Perdomo, poet and author of “Remember Langston” described Blue’s poetry as, “clever and addictive, punch drunk with love and humor.” Rolling Out magazine called him, “the people’s poet.” He is often approached by commuters, to perform at events they are promoting. One such interaction led him to Princeton University, where he was a feature poet in March. Other past performances include Columbia and Yale universities.

No stranger to the stage, Blue has performed at famous poetry venues up and down the east coast. A regular and a crowd favorite at many poetry venues in New York, Blue recently became disenchanted with the judging process. He felt it limited the poet’s creativity, noticing a trend when many of his peers began writing to appease the judges, checking their integrity at the door.

For now, he opts for the train and those venues where he is not judged, rather appreciated for his craft and Blue is gaining momentum quicker than the rush hour D-train he promotes himself.