Belmont, NY. Graduation at GVCS. Playing “Winds of Time” for my graduating class.Berkeley Springs, WV with all the wood stacked chez LaRue. A place I could call home even when I didn’t live there.Freshman shenanigans in Stalnaker Hall. A very memorable first year at West Virginia University. Morgantown, WV will always matter. I bleed Blue and Gold (I may be bleeding because of something I did there…)First time at the ocean in Sables d’Olonne, France. An unforgettable trip with many great people.The aforementioned great people who made the trip as fun as it was (not all of them). At a bar in Paris, enjoying Desperados. A great time was had that evening.A memorable moment for myself and the Vendee travelers as we watched a man make fire. Video available at the bottom of the page.The Brown household (Mom’s house, y’all). My home when I worked in Waynesboro, PA on a football stadium for C. William Hetzer Inc. Also where I spend Christmas.View from my apartment in Besancon, France. “La Citadelle.” I accidentally walked up there one afternoon. I started walking up some random steps, not knowing where they lead and I was in for quite a surprise.Entry to my apartment in France/Pastry shop downstairs. Location, location, location. Reasonable rent, but cramped living. Very influential in my songwriting and poetics career.Christmas in dear, sweet Besac. I wish I could go back a few more times. While I missed my family at the time, it was an amazing experience.Brice et sa pute – A band I saw at an underground club in Lyon, France. This was part of an amazing couchsurfing experience.
Front row for the Black Keys in Lyon. Audience of 13,000 people. Patience paid off that day.Pont d’Avignon. Just an historic place and moment, courtesy of my friend Josh.The location of the Hospital story in Dijon, for those who know it, or those who will.It had always been a dream of mine to visit Chateau Chambord. During my second trip to France, it became a reality. It is more and less than you would expect.Rimbaud’s tomb. part of a Charleville-Mezieres trip I took for research and to experience the surroundings of Rimbaud. A solemn, but particularly moving trip.Chateau d’If – of the famous The Count of Monte Cristo. The story of The Count of Monte Cristo influenced my desire to study French. My appreciation of the story of Edmond Dantes should not be underestimated.Near Deep Creek Late – The site of a major anniversary celebration for my grandparents.View from the sixth floor of Clemens Hall at SUNY University of Buffalo where I have been working towards a PhD in Comparative Literature.Downtown Buffalo in the wintertime, from my apartment.
D.A. LaRue Poetry 