Fading

Fading

Summer is over.

Rays of warmth are departing,

not to return for many months.

The days and nights get colder

until chill courses my bones

that refuse to carry me.

I sit in torn armchair

in tattered overcoat,

wrapped in blankets

and do not know

if I will see the spring.

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 and his traditionally published books include 43 poetry collections, 18 novels, 4 short story collections, 2 collections of essays and 8 books of plays. Gary lives in New York City.

Image: N.G. & O.R. Rays of Warmth Departing, 29.9. 2025.

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