Album Notes

"Angel" The short film (run time 4:19)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWpdPGt6FIg



Ti ' amber

She clings to my heartbeat
For she still has yet to break way from the warm rhythm of the womb
I wish I would hold her here forever
To far from forever but

One day
I will have to tell her that
All the world is not warm and all the world is not rhythmic
The sky's not always clear and
Sometimes when the rain falls it stings

And one day
I will have to tell her that
No matter how she feels or what she does
Some just won't love you
Others will just want to replace you
And if anyone if anyone should ever hurt you
Fire would fill my eyes and

One day
I will have take a step back and let her live her life
Let her find her own way and

One day
I will have to leave her and one day
Unable to hold her and

She clings to my heartbeat
For she still has yet to break way from the warm rhythm of the womb
I wish I would hold her here forever
To far from forever

This poem is the fifth track on my Alive CD, inspired by my daughter who always wanted to be held on the left side. That's where the hearbeat is. . .




"Blis" is a gifted poet, musician, songwriter and inspiring orator. He was born and raised in the Bronx and did not realize his talent for poetry, or music until adulthood.

Blis performances include: NY1, WNYE FM, Bronxnet, The Harlem State Office Building , MTA Headquarters, The Sugar Shack, Harlem YMCA Theater, The Nuyorican, Restoration Plaza, The Harlem Book Fair and Danny Simmons’s Corridor Gallery & the Bronx Borough President*s Office to name a few.

As A member of the Jefferson Market Poetry group his work was included in the books, Chimes from the Clock Tower Volume 1& II published through the New York Public Library. In 2001 he released his "Sound of a Woken Man" CD but after the birth of his daughter, Blis took a two year break from performing to assist her in, "adjusting to life outside the womb."

In 2004, Blis made his acting debut in the off-Broadway play, "The Department of Veterans Affairs," where he actually wrote his own part. On November 1, 2004, he was the featured poet at the Bronx Borough President's office. That same year Blis made his television debut on Bronx Net's "Black Wash" program as a special musical guest.

On Feb 4, 2005 He was the featured poet at the “Cultural Collective” Art Exhibit at the Harlem State Office Building. On April 12, he made his radio debut on 91.5 FM’s “Anything Goes.”

In 2006, he released he second CD, (((Alive)))Sound of a Woken Man Vol II and is scheduled to make his second appearance on WNYE’s Anything Goes(91.5FM) airing December 15th @6:30pm on NY Radio.

For bookings and further information on Blis, please send an email to Poetikblis@aol.com