Author Archives: Kim Goldberg

About Kim Goldberg

Kim Goldberg is an award-winning poet, journalist and author of 6 books. Latest titles: RED ZONE (poems of homelessness) and RIDE BACKWARDS ON DRAGON: a poet's journey through Liuhebafa. She lives in Nanaimo, BC. Contact: goldberg@ncf.ca

Bullgarita Rhapsody

Posted on June 12, 2013

BULLGARITA* RHAPSODY An exquisite corpse composed by Paul Nelson, Kim Goldberg, Kim Clark, Ursula Vaira, Mary Ann Moore, Amy Falkenberg, Yvonne Blomer and Leanne Boschman entirely on location at Acme Food Co. in beautiful downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia on June … Continue reading →

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Photo: Wordstorm Prize Winners May 2013

Posted on May 30, 2013

Here we are… blinded by the lights of our own fame and glory. The 3 Wordstorm prize winners from Tuesday night at Demeter’s Coffee Vault in downtown Nanaimo: Kim Goldberg (2nd prize), Winona Baker (3rd prize), Mary Ann Moore (1st prize). Thanks to David Fraser for … Continue reading →

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World Haiku Anthology on War

Posted on May 29, 2013

After years of work, Kamesan’s World Haiku Anthology on War, Violence and Human Rights Violation, from Kamesan Books, is now available on amazon.com for $29. Click here to purchase. This monumental anthology features 900 poems from 420 poets in 45 … Continue reading →

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My Garden in the Rain Right Now

Posted on May 27, 2013

Images © Kim Goldberg, 2013

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Crab Dock (Poem)

Posted on May 20, 2013

Crab Dock by Kim Goldberg cold bites my mittens with pincushion puppy teeth gnawing my fingertips        stubble-face men fumble in sacks, lash slippery chicken breasts into crab traps twist and… sploosh! gulls shriek like grannies, leap from the sea, float … Continue reading →

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How to build your own website for free and with no skills

Posted on May 18, 2013

By Kim Goldberg © Kim Goldberg 2013   Well okay, for the nitpickers out there let’s say: almost for free and almost no skills. If you know how to compose text in a Word document and attach a photo to … Continue reading →

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For Rhino in a Shrinking World

Posted on May 18, 2013

I just received my copy of this stunning international anthology of eco-poetry, For Rhino in a Shrinking World. This spectacular large format book (8 ¼” x 10 ½”) was initiated and edited by South African poet Harry Owen (former Poet Laureate … Continue reading →

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The New Quarterly

Posted on May 14, 2013

Wow! Check out the fantastic cover art on the latest issue of The New Quarterly, which just landed on my doorstep this morning. Beaut! It’s a close-up from a much larger painting, “Folksinger”,  by artist Greg Kirch in Waterloo, Ontario. I … Continue reading →

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Pink Sea Stars Asleep

Posted on May 13, 2013

Pink sea stars asleep beneath dense galaxies of raindrops (text & photo © Kim Goldberg, 2013)

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Awesome Anthologies! (Photo Gallery)

Posted on April 29, 2013

Check out all this fantastic cover art, folks! Here is a gallery of covers for some of the amazing anthologies my poems and stories have appeared in recently. To enlarge the covers, click on any image and then you can … Continue reading →

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