Dave: poems and photos

by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard

“Dave. A lover, a sculptor, a dancer, a ham, a petulant brat, a lost waif, a genius, a saint, an icon, a shard of my heart, a blade in my side, a memory, a mountain to climb, a revelation, an aspiration, the love of my life, a random calamity …

Falling was it was a sparsely attended pop-up disco event. He was dancing on the bar. His pants were loose — too loose — they dropped to his ankles. And with one unbroken movement he swooped them back into place. But it was one second too late for my heart — I was slain.”

All this attention to a

little piece of clay,

you would think I had run out of

games to play;

To love or not to love,

that is the question,

with only one

to love without question.

This is Gavin’s 15th volume of poetry, and third book of photography. These are the poems and images of a romantic / erotic / spiritual adventure, captured in the unforgiving realm of time. 8.5” x 8.5” coffee table edition. Contains nudity.

182 pages, Paperback

Published July 25, 2022