A collection of poems by Gary Galsworth, Beyond the Wire, (Close Hand Press, 2016) was written over a period of 50 years. Poetry was a private craft Mr. Galsworth kept to himself, until recently. His poems show him to be a straightforward teller of stories; an explorer who candidly delves into the nuances of love and loss, beauty and pain, change and reinvention. His poems weave an oft times chaotic past with sturdy threads of resilience and optimism.