Jon H. Gutmacher is a retired Florida criminal trial attorney, and former prosecutor. His book, "Florida Firearms -- Law, Use & Ownership" is considered "the bible" on Florida firearm and self defense laws with over a quarter million copies sold, and has yearly updates. [www.floridafirearmslaw.com] His fantasy poetry website is often ranked #1 in the nation by Google for "best fantasy poetry website" [www.fantasypoetrybyjongutmacher.com], and he also writes western narrative poetry under the pseudonym of "Marshal T. Justice", and has a new book of western narrative poems named "The Old West & Times Gone By" available on Amazon, Ingram Sparks, and his three websites including www.oldwestpoems.com. Lately, Mr. Gutmacher has created several YoJon H. Gutmacher is a retired Florida criminal trial attorney, and former prosecutor. His book, "Florida Firearms -- Law, Use & Ownership" is considered "the bible" on Florida firearm and self defense laws with over a quarter million copies sold, and has yearly updates. [www.floridafirearmslaw.com] His fantasy poetry website is often ranked #1 in the nation by Google for "best fantasy poetry website" [www.fantasypoetrybyjongutmacher.com], and he also writes western narrative poetry under the pseudonym of "Marshal T. Justice", and has a new book of western narrative poems named "The Old West & Times Gone By" available on Amazon, Ingram Sparks, and his three websites including www.oldwestpoems.com. Lately, Mr. Gutmacher has created several YouTube videos ranging from self defense topics to some of his fantasy works, and also some of his newer Old West "cowboy" narrative poetry. If you have any questions or comments about his work, he'd be glad to discuss it with you....more
The loss of the cargo ship, El Faro, with all hands, on October 5, 2015, in a hurricane, had been on my mind ever since she went down. Yesterday, the inspiration for the poem suddenly hit me out of nowhere, and I wrote, and posted a poem on my fantasy poetry website about her: "The Hurricane and the Cargo Ship". I think it's a fairly powerful poem about the plight of those souls who manned the shi
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