Work samples

  • Excluding the Coldness of My Room and the Strange Ways of Old Men.pdf
  • First on the Scene.pdf
    This poem was inspired by the strange intimacy between officer and stranger that policing creates.
  • The Calculus of Skinwalkers.pdf
    The stories that a culture tells tend to renew themselves, making themsleves useful time and again.
  • Final Hajj.pdf
    I found myself swept up into an existential perfect storm while policing early in my career.

About Edward

Baltimore City
E. Doyle-Gillespie is a Baltimore cop. He holds a BA in History from The George Washington University and a Master of Liberal Arts from JHU. He is proud long-time resident of Hampden.

On the Merits of a Gleaned Pomegranite

  • On the Merits of a Gleaned Pomegranate.pdf

When the Tourists Come

  • When the Tourists Come.pdf

Of Mortal Scarring

  • Of Mortal Scarring.pdf

Creation Myth in One Day

  • Creation Myth in One Day.pdf

To Be Trussed Up and Waiting

  • To Be Trussed Up and Waiting.pdf

Gentrifying the Plague House

  • Gentrifying the Plague House.pdf

Skipping Girl

Understanding a people and the places that they occupy often means understanding what haunts and curses them This is true for inner-city Baltimore as much as it is for anywhere else.
  • Skipping Girl.pdf

Jess

This was inspired by a street informant. Sometimes, policing in Baltimore affords you glimpses of violent beauty and elegant cruelty.
  • Jess.pdf

Rites Without Water

I have always been fascinated by the rituals cultures adopt to better help them understand teh ebb and flow of life.
  • Rites Without Water.pdf
    I have always been fascinated by the rituals that cultures inculcate to help them understand the ebb and flow of life.

The Memory of Fabric

I came up with this poem while doing a writing residency at The Betsy Hotel in Miami.
  • The Memory of Fabric.pdf