Photograph by Rosalie Szeto.
He is the author of When Daylight Trickles (Bottle Cap Press, 2023) and Empire Sunsets (Lost Fox Publishing, 2021). Carl has been writing and performing his work at venues such as the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Voices in Power, Bowery Poetry, and others. He currently hosts the “People’s Poetry” program at The People’s Forum in New York City.
With an educational background in journalism and visual art, Carl allows the two distinct practices to fuel his poetic style, realistically and abstractly.
In 2016, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University at Albany SUNY with a focus in Journalism, Communication, and English.
Carl has worn many hats throughout his professional and personal experiences; in local newsrooms, media departments, museums, classrooms, hotels, and restaurants. Through these opportunities, he has built lasting relationships and learned what it means to be a persistent team leader and team player. Carl is dependable and deadline-oriented, with thorough communication skills, strong attention to detail, and a professional, but more importantly, loving attitude.
Born in 1994 in New York City, Carl Gabriel is an author, poet, writer, activist, cultural worker, and media specialist.
When Daylight Trickles contemplates the relationship between natural light and radical consciousness. This collection of poems encourages the raw power and autonomy of sunlight to challenge our capacity to feel and exist in a world drowning in disillusionment. When Daylight Trickles rediscovers simplicity, the beauty in our complexity, and the time and colors that fully surround everything else in between. While hope becomes more and more distant in our unraveling world, the words in this book dare to prove that with the perspective of daylight, the divine possibilities of the human imagination remain endless.