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 and essays have
appeared in hundreds of literary magazines and his published books include 26
poetry collections, 10 novels, 3 short story collections, 1 collection of
essays and 1 collection of one-act plays. Published poetry books
include: Dawn in Cities, Assault on Nature, Songs of a Clerk, Civilized
Ways, Displays, Perceptions, Fault Lines, Tremors, Perturbations, Rude
Awakenings, The Remission of Order,Contusions and Desperate
Seeker (Winter Goose Publishing. Forthcoming: Learning Curve and
Ignition Point). Earth Links, Too Harsh For Pastels, Severance and Redemption
Value (Cyberwit Publishing. Forthcoming: Fractional Disorder). His novels
include a series ‘Stand to Arms, Marines’: Call to Valor, Crumbling
Ramparts and Raise High the Walls (Gnome on Pig Productions) and Extreme
Change (Winter Goose Publishing). Wavelength (Cyberwit Publishing).
His short story collections include: A Glimpse of Youth (Sweatshoppe
Publications). Now I Accuse and other stories (Winter Goose
Publishing) and Dogs Don’t Send Flowers and other stories (Wordcatcher
Publishing). The Republic of Dreams and other essays (Gnome on Pig
Productions). The Big Match and other one act plays (Wordcatcher
Publishing). Collected Plays of Gary Beck Volume 1 (Cyberwit
Publishing. Forthcoming: Plays of Aristophanes translated, then
directed by Gary Beck). Gary lives in New York City.
Repetition
There
is a certain pattern
in
the history of man
of
recurring violence,
destruction,
mostly
motivated
by
greed,
the
lust for power
driving
us mad with hunger
for acquisition
at
the expense of others,
no
matter who it harms.
The
lack of wisdom,
moderation,
self control
has
eradicated
clans,
tribes, nations,
empires
removed
by war,
the
acme
of
human achievement.