Dan Gerber
Dan Gerber Poems
You know how, after it rains,
my father told me one August afternoon
when I struggled with something
hurtful my best friend had said,
...
When you are angry it's your gentle self
I love until that's who you are.
In any case, I can't love this anger any more
...
My mother weeping
in the dark hallway, in the arms of a man,
not my father,
as I sat at the top of the stairs unnoticed—
...
Dan Gerber Biography
Dan Gerber is the author of Sailing through Cassiopeia (2012) and A Primer on Parallel Lives (2007). He lives in the mountains of Central California.)
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Advice
You know how, after it rains,
my father told me one August afternoon
when I struggled with something
hurtful my best friend had said,
how worms come out and
crawl all over the sidewalk
and it stays a big mess
a long time after it's over
if you step on them?
Leave them alone,
he went on to say,
after clearing his throat,
and when the rain stops,
they crawl back into the ground.
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1/10/2026 6:07:05 PM # 1.0.0
Met Mr. Gerber last Saturday, I had never heard of him. (I apologize) the topics in his poems interest me. I will read them.