Bøker av Ron Gavalik

The Last Vestige of Old Pittsburgh rekindles the age-old fire that burns inside the beautifully imperfect souls who suffer hard labor and hard love. In his eighth poetry collection, Ron Gavalik excavates long-forgotten soot from underneath sidewalks and uses those remains as ink to illustrate the struggles of this modern life. On this never-ending quest for survival, the reader must traverse over many rocky hillsides. Together, we will inhale uncomfortable truths and then exhale the wisdom of solidarity. Only with a well-earned fortitude of the spirit can one dream deeper, fight longer, and cast off the heavy burdens that shroud lesser souls.

Rusted Roads and Day-Old Roses is a deviant driving tour through the lives of victims, the voiceless, and the vicious. In his seventh free verse collection, award-winning poet Ron Gavalik pours blood on each page to reveal his gritty exploits as a rideshare taxi driver in Pittsburgh. Every day, humanity is compelled to keep going. Enlightenment, loot, food, or sex - people are forever pushed forward. On these rusted roads, the reader discovers we are but a hodgepodge of day-old roses. Ignored by the masses, hardworking souls thrive by the virtue of great love bestowed by the few.