{"id":4922,"date":"2015-12-05T19:58:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2015-12-08T13:37:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T13:37:39","slug":"disregard-a-poem-by-gary-beck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/disregard-a-poem-by-gary-beck\/","title":{"rendered":"Disregard. A Poem by Gary Beck."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Dreams of falling<br \/>\nfrom perilous heights<br \/>\nsnap us awake<br \/>\njust before impact.<br \/>\nDreams of pursuit<br \/>\nby malevolent hordes,<br \/>\nsnap us awake<br \/>\njust before capture.<br \/>\nUnconscious activity<br \/>\ndenies nature&#8217;s mandate<br \/>\nfor refreshing rest,<br \/>\ndesigned to prepare us<br \/>\nfor demanding tomorrows.<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-pic-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gary pic\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-pic-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-pic-100x149.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-pic-150x224.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-pic-200x299.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-pic.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Remission of Order&#8217; explores the search for stability in this confusing life, in which so many of us want security, but fail in our efforts to achieve a satisfactory existence, my next collection that I&#8217;ll seek to publish.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nGary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director, and as an art dealer when he couldn\u2019t make a living in theater. He has 11 published chapbooks. His poetry collections include: Days of Destruction (Skive Press), Expectations (Rogue Scholars Press). Dawn in Cities, Assault on Nature, Songs of a Clerk, Civilized Ways, Displays (Winter Goose Publishing). Perceptions, Fault Lines and Tremors will be published by Winter Goose Publishing. Conditioned Response (Nazar Look). Blossoms of Decay will be published by Nazar Look. Resonance will be published by Dreaming Big Press. His novels include: Extreme Change (Cogwheel Press) Acts of Defiance (Artema Press). Flawed Connections (Black Rose Writing). His short story collection, A Glimpse of Youth (Sweatshoppe Publications). His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines. He currently lives in New York City<\/strong>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\">www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com\">www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/\">editor@artvilla.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm\">http:\/\/www.aquillrelle.com\/authorrobin.htm<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Babble-Souk-Robin-Ouzman-Hislop\/dp\/1329636953\/\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com. All the Babble of the Souk. Robin Ouzman Hislop<\/a><br \/>\n<a target=\"blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/robin-ouzman-hislop\/all-the-babble-of-the-souk\/paperback\/product-22419943.html\">www.lulu.com. All the Babble of the Souk. 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