Barry Marks

What Was Lost

Because of the fear
because of the years without the fear
we will never again make love
nakedly.

Barry Marks is a Birmingham, Alabama attorney whose poetry, fiction, articles and essays have been published in nearly 100 journals, magazines and periodicals. His book of poetry, Possible Crocodiles (Brick Road Poetry Press), was winner of the Alabama State Poetry Society’s 2010 Book of the Year.