About

Albert- poet & songwriter from Chicago where he currently lives as a retired entertainment journalist & local broadcaster- wrote for magazines such as Timeout Chicago & similar online & print publications like Concierge Preferred, & was a reporter for Champaign's WPGU
"Albert's poetry is threaded with whimsy, a form of "notes to self" that offers the reader surprising relief from the poems’ often traumatic subject matter. Playing unapologetically with phrasing & cadence while also eschewing more traditional poetic structuring, they have an identifiable rhythm & voice of their own: a storytelling format that laces despair with hope & grapples with the human themes of love & faith, & his childlike preoccupation with time travel hints at a deeper longing for a past that he can clean up & recreate, searching in the enclaves of his own despair for a magic answer. Inspired by Auden, Billy Collins...he details his trauma & touches on severe poverty, loss, & life at the margins with grace." HM