Poetry written by Gary Revel: I was born in Florala, Alabama. My mother and father divorced when I was 5. I joined the United States Navy. After that Hollywood California called, then New York, Memphis, Nashville and back to Hollywood. Words came and sometimes rhymed or made sense in other ways. Some of them I wrote down and called it poetry. Sometimes words matter, sometimes they don't. I hope these will bring you a smile, a pause or a friendly embrace. Including poetry that has won a number of awards such as the poem "A Mother" which won a top place ribbon at Holistic.com. Other winners include special notice by poetry.com, famouspoets.com, poemhunter.com and others.

A young man grows up in Washington D.C. seeking adventure and burning with desire to achieve great things. He finds the keys to making his dreams come true are with the Central Intelligence Agency. With his wife and life partner Rose he strikes out on his journey that is remarkable, dangerous as well as fulfilling. This is his story. He tells it in his own words; through the prism of his unique life experiences, the Black Man in the CIA. Black Man in the CIA worked for the CIA, one of the 17 Departments and Agencies of the National Intelligence Community, during the Cold War years. Leutrell M. Osborne Sr., (Mike), tells his story to document the former Spy Manager's history while providing unique insights for others to understand his rise in the CIA, becoming a spy manager that supervised CIA agents and assets in over 30 countries. In addition to that he also became the only one of his profession who also gained six years of experience in Information Assurance (IA). Edited by Gary Revel Book Design by Gary Revel Cover by Gary Revel

Graphic art, digital images, illustrations and picture poetry. Realism, surrealism, abstraction, modern, postmodern and fantasy merge in this window on the world, space and time by Gary Revel.

Including poetry that has won a number of awards such as the poem "A Mother" which won a top place ribbon at Holistic.com. Other winners include special notice by poetry.com, famouspoets.com, poemhunter.com and others.