Five Poems in BlazeVOX Journal

Five of my recent poems, "Taste," "As for the Ticket," "Tremble," "Community Workshop," and "Thanks for the Socks," were featured in the Fall 2023 issue of BlazeVOX Journal. This issue showcases a variety of contemporary poetry.

Read the poems in the latest BlazeVOX here: https://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall23/Fall%2023%20-%20Eric%20D.%20Goodman.pdf
 

Poetry Reading at Philadelphia Northeast Regional Library

                                 

The next event in the North of Oxford Reading Series takes place on Saturday, April 13 at 1 p.m. at Philadelphia’s Northeast Regional Library. Featured poets include Ernest Hilbert and Eric D. Goodman.

Ernest Hilbert is the author of the poetry collections Sixty Sonnets, All of You on the Good Earth, Caligulan—selected as winner of the 2017 Poets’ Prize—and Last One Out. His fifth book, Storm Swimmer, was selected by Rowan Ricardo Phillips as the winner of the 2022 Vassar Miller Prize. In 2023 he was awarded the Meringoff Writing Award for Poetry from the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. Visit him at www.ernesthilbert.com

Eric D. Goodman lives and writes in Maryland, where he’s remained sheltered in place for most of the pandemic, spending a portion of his hermithood writing poetry. He’s author of Wrecks and Ruins (Loyola University’s Apprentice House Press, 2022) The Color of Jadeite (Apprentice House, 2020), Setting the Family Free (Apprentice House, 2019), Womb: a novel in utero (Merge Publishing, 2017) Tracks: A Novel in Stories (Atticus Books, 2011), and Flightless Goose, (Writers Lair Books, 2008). More than a hundred short stories, articles, and travel stories have been published in literary journals, magazines, and periodicals. His recent poems have appeared in Gargoyle, Loch Raven Review, North of Oxford, and Bourgeon. Learn more about Eric and his writing at www.EricDGoodman.com

Learn more about this and other events in the North of Oxford Reading Series at https://northofoxfordreadingseries.wordpress.com/.

Moonstone Arts Center Hosts Virtual Poetry Event

Labor Day may have passed, but there are still ways to celebrate (or bemoan) labor. How about a labor-themed virtual poetry reading?

My poem, “Pests,” is being published in the labor-themed anthology Which Side Are You On, available for purchase on October 1.

This Sunday, September 10, poets featured in the anthology will share their work in a virtual poetry reading. The event is free to attend; you just need to register.

Join me and a number of other poets as we share our workplace-related poetry.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsf-GgpzItGtEprSH7oS_w4fC9ME9T9R37#/registration

 

"Victimless" in The Five-Two

 

I'm thrilled to announce that my poem "Victimless" has been published in The Five-Two, an online journal that publishes one crime-related poem each week. "Victimless" explores the lingering guilt and fear of a past crime through the lens of an adult reflecting on naive teenage years.

You can find "Victimless" and other crime-related poems on The Five-Two website.

https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2023/02/eric-d-goodman.html

My poem, "gulp" published in The Five-Two

 

My poem "gulp" was published in The Five-Two, an online journal that publishes one crime-related poem each week.

'Gulp' is more about the anticipation of crime than its occurrence, inspired by that recurring city situation of being approached for money.

 

Find the poem here: https://poemsoncrime.blogspot.com/2022/12/eric-d-goodman.html

Independence, Syndic Style

The July 4, 2020 edition of Syndic Literary Journal is all about the Independence Day. It includes my short story, “Flag in the Road.” You can read it, or listen to an emotional reading by Charles Rammelkamp!

Charles Rammelkamp has his own work in this issue of Syndic, as does Nitin Jagdish, Matt Horner, LeRoy Chatfield, and more!

Read and listen to the latest issue of Syndic Literary Journal.

http://www.syndicjournal.us/syndic-no-30-july-2020-table-of-contents/?fbclid=IwAR02d1k-zMgY43lP4hU8AZLCPFEPZoWieSA9k7XrtA9h6RE-LC65xdyokwc

New Poetry for the New Year

Looking to start the new year with some peace and quiet? Why not curl up by the fire (or stream one on your television) with a nice book of poetry? Or a few?

Consider my recent "Line of Thought" in Baltimore Style Magazine, with reviews of Elisabeth Spire's A Memory of the Future, Donna Masini's 4:30 Movie, and Linda Pastan's A Dog Runs Through It. 

If your head's spinning from holiday movies and binge-watching streaming television, slowing down with a book of poetry is just the remedy.

Start by reading my selections in Baltimore Style's Shelf Life.

https://baltimorestyle.com/line-of-thought/

Shirley Brewer Shoutout in Baltimore Style

Shirley Brewer, a Baltimore poet to be reckoned with, was recently interviewed in Baltimore Style Magazine about her new book of poetry from Main Rag Press, Bistro in Another Realm.

In the article, Jessica Gregg asked Shirley about the Baltimore lit scene. Shirley gave a shoutout to the Lit and Art Reading series, along side the Baltimore Book Festival, CityLit, and Passegers.

Not bad company.

Shirley can mix us a Manhattan, or a poetry reading, any time.

Read the interview in Baltimore Style.

http://baltimorestyle.com/seen-and-heard/