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.
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
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.
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.