Dread
- Gary Beck
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From ‘The Eloquence of Distance’, an unpublished poetry collection:
Dread
I live in a land
of unhappy people
faces fixed in frowns
wherever they go,
lips clenched, eyes afraid,
apprehensive
that the present
is better than the future.
Biography: Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn't earn a living in the theater. He has also been a tennis pro, a ditch digger and a salvage diver. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction, essays and plays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines. His traditionally published books include 45 poetry collections, 18 novels, 4 short story collections, 2 collections of essays and 8 books of plays and 16 poetry chapbooks. Gary lives in New York City.
Image: Unsplash, downloaded (https://unsplash.com/photos/people-inside-train-gcdostH6jE4) 15. 12. 2025.
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