Steven Goldsberry

STEVEN GOLDSBERRY teaches English at the University of Hawaii. His poetry has appeared in several magazines, including The Iowa Review and Poetry Northwest / and is forthcoming in The New Yorker.

Colors in Idaho

Articles/Essays – Volume 09, No. 1

In October old Michael died, 
out of grace and three weeks gone before
we found him, stark white 
in that black oak bed of his. 

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Workings

Articles/Essays – Volume 09, No. 1

An old Indian lives in the lemon orchard. 
His age bewilders the thorns, 
his body is rich as brasswork. 
He will kill you many times before 

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A Trapper Dreams of Silver Deer

Articles/Essays – Volume 11, No. 2

The ridge is crusted with blue snow. 
Evening descends, learning its way 
to the river, the slow deep core of winter. 

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A Study of Oranges

Articles/Essays – Volume 11, No. 2

It might never happen, I say. 

The wind might rise 
on the lake and then every 
image would be broken, 
scattered into itself.

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