SoFloPoJo Reading Coming Up!

 I'm one of the readers at the launch poetry reading for the new issue of SoFloPoJo is coming up Friday Aug 9th, 2024 @ 7:30 PM EST. Register here to join us.

New Poem in South Florida Poetry Journal

 I'm grateful to have a new poem at South Florida Poetry Journal. Called 'Difficulties in Translation,' that's what it's about--living in and between two languages. Here's how it begins:

Difficulties in Translation

The title of a painting by a Japanese artist

was translated as ‘Categories of Difficulty’―

by whom? the artist?

by the museum?

As nouns in Japanese are not inflected

for number, the title might have been

rendered as ‘Categories of Difficulties’ or

‘Category of Difficulties’ or

‘Category of Difficulty.’

How in van Gogh’s painting we cannot tell if the blackbirds are flying into the canvas

or out of it.

Or the strange ways angels mispronounce your name.

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To read the full poem, go to:

https://www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/ Just scroll down--poets are alphabetized by last name (I'm under Goodfellow). If viewing on your phone, turn it sideways to get a better sense of intended line breaks.

Four Poems at Poets for Science

 I have four poems up now at Jane Hirshfield's Poets for Science Global Gallery. Tons of science-related poems over there. Check them out.

Here are mine:

Radium Girls, first published in The Westchester Review

Darwin's Conjecture, first published in The Threepenny Review

Mendeleev's Mandala, the title poem of my second book

Lagrange's Problem, first published in Diagram, and included in my first book, The Insomniac's Weather Report

I'm hoping to have a few more, once I've checked on the rights, so if interested, stay tuned. 

Secular Cubist

 The November/December 2023 issue (Vol. 11.5) of TAB Journal  (out of Chapman University) is now available online. My poem "Secular Cubist" is included alongside poems by Angie Macri, Susan Rich, Lynne Schmidt, Dustin Brookshire, and Ellen Kombiyil, among others. 

Thanks to editor Anna Leahy, you can listen to "Secular Cubist" by scrolling down the page here, or you can download the entire issue. You can also order a print copy of the issue at the same page. 

Shout Out for Whiteout from Michigan

 I'm delighted to find Whiteout recommended in 'The Ultimate Outdoorsy Book Guide' at Michigander Natalie's blog Travel Over MI Way. If you've read Whiteout, check out Natalie's list for other good reads. If you haven't yet read Whiteout, what are you waiting for? Check out what Natalie has to say about if you are on the fence.