PITTSBURGH POET - Pittsburgh Poet

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The Author

"People in bars and cafés often notice me
writing in notebooks or on napkins.
Sometimes they'll ask,
'What kind of poems do you write?'
That's when I drop the pen
and look them square in the eye.
'I write music for the mind.'"
–Ron Gavalik

Who is Ron Gavalik?

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Inflict
I never really lived
Life was a haze
through strange eyes
Sins belonged to others
Then I learned
to inflict pain
in my own
style

Sacrifice and Reward
Heroic women
love with tears
fight and bleed
they laugh
and they weep
in drunken splendor
These beautiful mortals
deserve poetry
in their souls

Honored Voices
I came up on welfare
so I write for the poor
the drywallers
the retail clerks
the ditch diggers
The voices
no one hears
are heard
through me

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The Style

Ron Gavalik's poetry and stories are reminiscent of the raw and truthful works of Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, and Ezra Pound. Raised by hard-boiled Catholic trade unionists in the Rust Belt of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gavalik writes in a smooth, uninhibited style that reflects the once gritty region. In total freedom, he bleeds untamed language onto each page to capture the powerful moments of life. His whiskey-soaked words paint portraits of the hidden beauty that’s often lost within the madness of our struggles.

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