About the Author

My name is Edward Blair, commonly referred to as Ed. Poetry has been a kind of therapy for me for many, many years. The first poem that gave me an impetus to even start writing was Thomas Gray's "Elegy in a County Graveyard." I love the rhythm of the cadence, the meaning behind the prose that must be searched out, and the interpretations that are to be drawn from them by the readers. I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, a city that cultivated in me a love for candor and quick wit. Having grown up for the most part in a housing project called Pruitt-Igoe (or as we called the 'jects'), I became captivated by the hectic city life. This was a life that was fast and unrelenting, where everything was bargained for, sometimes even life itself. My poetry reflects, through a prism, these experiences of and through my life. As I witness something, I write about it. I try to give it purpose, but never a meaning that the reader must do.