Gary's free-verse poems are an amalgam of short epiphanies surreal insight dark humor love romance loss harsh realities strong women and mania a of life vividly observed with an artist's perspective like the Hopper-esque The Man on a Street Corner in a Small Town or the Epiphany Somewhere Between Clyde Park and Nowhere. There is also a humorous side to Gary's work like Tumbleweed Memories of the Boy with the Red Tobacco Tin or My Past Life as a Barn Cat. Hill 57 Asylum Girl and Rez Girl are examples of harsh realities witnessed firsthand.