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10.7.2025 6:59 AM

Gorko Serial Offender: Ken Tomaro

THE CRIME

Ken writes: Sometimes Less is More was a follow-up to a previous poem I wrote about Death, the apparition in black cloak. Another writer thinking they knew me better than me went a rant about how I portrayed Death as a male figure. She proceeded to go on for multiple paragraphs about all the times Death was portrayed as female. I promise you my portrayal of Death wasn’t intentional but, other writers can be just as shitty with their opinions towards another writer as random folks on the internet who like hiding behind a computer screen. Sometimes other writers act like God.

Read ‘2 death poems by Ken Tomaro’ here.

Ken’s other favorite Gorko: As far as a favorite piece by another writer. Can’t do it, one single piece by one single writer. Instead I would encourage you, the reader, to check out anything, anything at all by Nolcha Fox or Barb Harris Leonard.

THE CRIMINAL

Never until recently did Ken consider writing poetry. Not when he slid from the womb or felt the first tingle of teen hormones. Not after he got married, divorced, moved to another city, lost a couple of jobs, and moved back. It just sort of happened. Ken Tomaro, bestselling author and self-proclaimed poet laureate of the Cleveland sewer system, has been writing poetry for a few short years. He’s not famous, recognized, or read in schools across America. He has been published in several literary journals, done a couple podcasts, started the YouTube channel, Screaming Down the Poetic Highway, and that’s pretty damn impressive.

BLOODY MURDER

What is Gorko Serial Offenders? We invited more than thirty writers and artists who over the years and centuries have had their work featured in The Gorko at least a few times (a few times is 3) to submit a micro exposé on their own favorite piece. What is it, where did it come from, why did it appear in The Gorko, who cares? Here is a big thank you to all our contributors. The next Gorko Serial Offenders will likely be in 2026, when you too could receive an encrypted email from Raddy that begins, Dear Humanoid, We are delighted to inform you. If you were overlooked for this callout please bring it to the attention of Scrapes Henderson, the Gorko scapegoat, by writing to thegorkogazette@gmail.com with the words CHAW ME SCRAPES in the subject line, and we will review your case.