Desperate Seeker by Gary Beck

Desperate Seeker is a poetry collection that uncovers the anger, fear and horror that resounds in the powerful struggle of existence.

These poems are excellent.

– Page & Spine

Thanks for letting us share your poetry with the world.

– Rhetoric Askew



Captures the personal loss at the cost of modern life.

– Indian Periodical Magazine

A great selection of work.

– The Stare’s Nest

Title: Desperate Seeker
Author: Gary Beck
Publisher: Winter Goose Publishing
Available: Amazon

About the Author

Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life 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 24 poetry collections, 7 novels, 3 short story collections, 1 collection of essays and 1 collection of his one-act plays. Published poetry books include:  Dawn in CitiesAssault on NatureSongs of a ClerkCivilized WaysDisplaysPerceptionsFault LinesTremorsPerturbationsRude AwakeningsThe Remission ofOrderContusions and Desperate Seeker (Winter Goose Publishing, forthcoming Learning Curve); Blossoms of DecayExpectationsBlunt ForceTransitions and Mortal Coil (Wordcatcher Publishing, forthcoming are Temporal Dreams and Redemption Value)Earth Links (Cyberwit Publishing: forthcoming Too Harsh For Pastels). His novels include a series ‘Stand to Arms, Marines’: Call to Valor and Crumbling Ramparts (Gnome on Pigs Productions, forthcoming is the third in the series, Raise High the Walls)Acts of DefianceFlare Up and Still Defiant (Wordcatcher Publishing: forthcoming is Pirate Spring). Extreme Change will be published by Winter Goose Publishing. State of Rage will be published by 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 actplays (Wordcatcher Publishing. Forthcoming: Collected Plays of Gary Beck Vol 1). Gary lives in New York City.

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