Gregg Norman lives and writes in a lakeside cabin in Manitoba, Canada. He reads poetry every day to retain his grasp on sanity. His work has been accepted by numerous poetry journals and literary magazines, including Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Dark Winter Literary Magazine, Borderless Journal, Synchronized Chaos, Book of Matches Literary Journal, Medusa’s Kitchen, Horror Sleaze Trash, The Littoral Magazine, MasticadoresUSA, The Piker Press, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Raconteur Magazine, and Suburban Witchcraft. He is also the author of four novels and a novella.

GUNSLINGER

There’s a twisted sneer
on his thin lips
and his hat is cocked 
at a rakish angle.
He wears a two-gun rig
low on his narrow hips,
his hands poised and ready
over the polished pearly grips.
His pants are tucked 
into his boots,
and his stance is wide and solid.
He fears nothing
except the wooden spoon
in his mother’s hand.