Len Shindel, Author at Baltimore Post-Examiner

Len Shindel began working at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point Plant in 1973, where he was a union activist and elected representative in local unions of the United Steelworkers, frequently publishing newsletters about issues confronting his co-workers. His nonfiction and poetry have been published in the “Other Voices” section of the Baltimore Evening Sun, The Pearl, The Mill Hunk Herald, Pig Iron, Labor Notes and other publications. After leaving Sparrows Point in 2002, Shindel, a father of three and grandfather of seven, began working as a communication specialist for an international union based in Washington, D.C. The International Labor Communications Association frequently rewarded his writing. He retired in 2016. Today he and his wife, Maxine, live in Garrett County where he enjoys writing, cross-country skiing, kayaking, hiking, fly-fishing and fighting for a more peaceful, sustainable and safe world for his grandchildren and their generation

Len Shindel Poetry

Canyon

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Len Shindel 747 Views

I mount the mule, settle into my chaps, pull up my bandanna. The cowboy cloth, I thought only an accessory,

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Old Leather

May 8, 2020 Len Shindel 142 Views

The dogwood I planted last year has sprouted darts, rocks piled on the side, boastful testaments, to pick and shovel,

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I Want a Leader

April 8, 2020 Len Shindel 93 Views

Photo used under a Creative Commons license from flickr user R. Miller. I Want a Leader I want

John Morant, a 27-year employee, says, "I liked the pace of work and the camaraderie." USW (Photo/Steve Dietz)

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Baltimore Worker-Owners Sell Their Plant

February 17, 2020 Len Shindel 122 Views

John Morant, a 27-year employee, says, “I liked the pace of work and the camaraderie.” USW (Photo/Steve Dietz) There’s a

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Willow

December 27, 2019 Len Shindel 128 Views

The dappled willow thrived where the waterlogged yellow cypress had withered. “They’ll drink all the water you can give

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A Nephew’s Hug

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Len Shindel 89 Views

It was the right time For the longest hug. Had my nephew fathomed the death of his own

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Jackson and Beirut

October 26, 2019October 26, 2019 Len Shindel 129 Views

In 2008, while working for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, I traveled to Mississippi, as a “released staff” to

Len Shindel Literature Poetry

Can’t Beat This

August 28, 2019 Len Shindel 73 Views

The late U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sean Hamilton fly-fishing. Photo used under a Creative Commons license of flickr

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Math Fright

August 3, 2019August 4, 2019 Len Shindel 95 Views

I have always been frightened by math. 8,473 km, 5,264.878 miles between Amazon rain forests, Greenland ice sheets.

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Fingers

March 23, 2019March 22, 2019 Len Shindel 63 Views

Raspy cough, white bathrobe, fingers reaching for your ivory coffee mug, red lipstick on the rim, fingers, slender and strong

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