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Gary David Grossman

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My first collection of poems, (Kelsay Press & available on Amazon). These poems find the beauty and joy in daily life: nature & family

2023

Gary D. Grossman

Gary D. Grossman

Stories

Self-Portrait By Numbers

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5d ago

5d ago

Toxicity

The last of a long line of successive actions, I turn on the kitchen light only to find an adult female cockroach attempting to slurp up…

5d ago

5d ago

When Spring Winds Are Strong, Wolf Spiders Balloon

They’re up on the branch tips, all eight legs en pointe — one hundred and four chitinous arachnids, their tutus matching leafless twigs…

6d ago

6d ago

Torso

My fingers dance over the slab of Bardiglio, where a bulge calls for stripping layers of finely grained, gray stone so her shoulders may…

6d ago

6d ago

The Price of Eggs

after Woody Allen

Nov 24

Nov 24

Impulse Control II

My impulse control is wavering like that last blush of flame from the ashes — please help me save myself.

Nov 24

Nov 24

Orphan

Raised by my single Mom and her parents, I’ve been an orphan since they passed in the ’70s, while

Nov 24

Nov 24

Just Fallen Leaves, Athens, Georgia, USA

Running at 70, years, not mph — my vision sharp for tripping points on this vanilla-ice frosted Thanksgiving day. Last night’s hard…

Oct 15

Oct 15

Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear

My casual remark that unknowingly wounds the friend, who parks her heart on the den mantle next to her son’s urn.

Sep 16

Sep 16

Frog Shrouded

Is that what she actually said, frog shrouded? Poetic for sure but what is the necessary specificity — medium-sized leopard frogs, or…

Sep 16

Sep 16

Gary David Grossman

Gary David Grossman

Book Author

Ecology prof (emeritus), writer and poet, uke player, sculptor, runner, fly fisher, reader, gardener, all on www.garygrossman.net

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