Bøger af 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.

Hot Metal Tonic is the molten form of love and hatred, personal struggle, and whiskey-laced madness. This collection of over 180 poems before you represents a significant contribution to the art form of free verse MicroPoetry, a medium born of our social media culture. As cigar smoke plumes across his office ceiling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gavalik paints a sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and consistently thoughtful portrait of this modern life. Divided into chapters on dating and relationships, career, friends and enemies, family, and spirituality, every single poem is mainlined into the reader's emotional center in 140 characters or less.

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.

Resisting the Masquerade rips away the plastic resin that slowly suffocates every soul that yearns to breathe free. Award-winning poet Ron Gavalik unleashes his raw literary style in these pages to challenge society's obedience to the blood-soaked claws of the mob that tightens its grip around our throats. After a lifetime of conformity, truth has been buried deep in the dark recesses of the mind, where the subconscious conjures nightmares and weak hearts refuse to trudge. Armed only with fortitude and the mettle to withstand repressed violence, the reader embarks upon a perilous quest deep inside that madness, to find enlightenment, and to reclaim the years that remain.

Lovers Are Future Enemies explores the struggles and conflicts that epitomize our romantic pursuits. In a drunken cloud of cigar smoke, award-winning poet Ron Gavalik paints a humorous, morose, and thoroughly truthful collection of free verse poetry about the imperfect love each of us has lived. The impassioned memories we've forged from blood and tears are often hidden away in our own private vaults. In these pages, each reader unlocks the tumblers to be immersed in those raw experiences. The courageous heart is then released to chase the sun wild and free.

Gothic Riot Dreams is the hidden beauty that lives within the struggle of working men and women who never know if they're going to make it. In his continued search for truth, Ron Gavalik illustrates a hot-blooded collection of free verse poetry that reveals our fears and regrets, the small joys of life, and the perpetual sadness inside each of us. Readers who choose to embark on this journey of the soul must summon the guts to absorb the raw madness presented in these pages.