Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Samuel Rain Benjamin

Author/Poet Samuel Rain Benjamin aka Complicated Passions, creator of the Passions Private Collection and Dark Man Blues the series, has written over 40 books including “Love and the Conversation, The Clone in Me & The Foreplay Series” he has also performed across the country from Los Angeles to New York, notable places The World Stage, Sugar Hill, The Nuyorican Poets Café, Busboys & Poets, SWAAM, and da Poetry Lounge. He was also the host of The Griot Café in Long Beach and former host of a long running on air open mic on Blogtalk Radio One Positive Way Radio, Samuel has also produced Dark Man Blues a show that featured poets from around the world on The Book Slam. Samuel has also performed with the likes of Obbie West, Taalam Acey, 13ofNazareth, Lorenzo Word, shyybutflyy, Jaha Zainabu wah wah Washington and reaux fareal. He is also the co-founder of Innate Divinity Books a consulting and publishing company as well as GMG Staafly Productions LLC based in The Inland Empire of Southern California. His latest work is from the Dark Man Blues collection “John Bold released in March 2021 later this year he is set to release The Foreplay look inside” and in 2023 Dark Man Blues returns with “An Interview with Love” More titles will be released 2022 such as “A Prelude to Passion”, “Mischievous” and “My Future Seduction” part 1. Samuel is now on tour with the Gray Beards 22/23. https://www.darkmanblues.com/