Dave Gitomer

Day After New Year's this demanding rain poured in driven droves creating harmonic pitter-pattering then forming concentric circles as it droned on and on. an ancient chant no doubt, heard through the ages. not cold enough for snow, the frigid air was driven northward by the maritime heat. respect the Atlantic Ocean but the moisture was not to be denied or transformed. it spoke in sheets of rain falling faster. it consumed New Year's Day and Christmas vacation memories. these puddles remained only as monuments to their passing. the sky's grays had descended to earth shrieking into a voracious fog. it was like being trapped in the hurricane looking for an eye to see out of. its January now not October this forceful rain told secrets, revealing everything not said but internally surmised. the air was heavy and the sun absent. winter storm, winter weather and this rain perpetuated 1998. its relentless recollection of a year's passing in a rhythmic cadence ending up as a puddle.

Copyright © 1999 Dave Gitomer All Rights Reserved

Dave Gitomer and was born on 4/14/54 and has been writing for 3 years on the Internet. Though he has a BA in economics, he has taken to writing poetry. Of late he has had some success in publishing with his first volume of poetry, "The Moon At Noon, Reflections On An Icy Pond".  David has also produced a small self published chapbook with graphics called "Secrets Of The Orient Or Coping Through Life Via Poetry". He does performance poetry and has twice been on Galinski's GO POETRY! channel. Dave has read and been featured in Borders Book Stores on Long Island NY under the auspices of the Long Island Performance Poets Association. He contributed to a CD-ROM on how to write poetry, published by Kurweil's Technology. David has been published in chapbook anthologies like Memorandum, PIF, Stand Alone, Silver Blue Dementia, Writers Brew, and Chainsaw Orgasms. Along with having his work aapear on many web sites including the Guggenheim Museum's Reverie, Brooklyn Poets, and many more.