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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Poem at Silver Birch Press

 I have a new poem at Silver Birch Press in their "All About My Mother" series. Mine is "My Mother Has a Favorite Everything, and of Colors, It is Orange."  Enjoy. 

Friday, August 9, 2024

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.

Friday, August 2, 2024

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.