New Book! Gratitude: Baltimore

Release of Gratitude: Baltimore, a book of photos, poems and essays that form a love letter from the author to Baltimore, its people and culture.

The Photographer Hates To Be Photographed

She takes amazing photos.Her light angles follow god’sGaze, she captures a joke’sResidue and akimbo poses in film.When she photographs me,Her face resembles Poe’sHouse of Usher. When our roles are reversed,And she finds herself on theOther side of the lens, she hidesHer face in hands, with giggles.She’ll look away, staring off atThe distance with Penelope’s visage. …