Category Archives: Politics

Poem: Necropolis

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Kim Goldberg

NECROPOLIS “Racial capitalism is the equivalent of a giant necropolis. It rests on the traffic of the dead and human bones.” -Achille Mbembe ~ By the end of the twentieth year of the third millennium after someone may or may … Continue reading →

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Devolution – Cover Reveal

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Kim Goldberg

Thrilled to unveil the cover for my latest book: Devolution – poems of the ecopocalypse. The cover art is a 1934 painting, “The Collective Invention,” by legendary Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte. Devolution will be released by Caitlin Press in … Continue reading →

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DisconTent City Nanaimo (Photos)

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Kim Goldberg

I took a stroll through Nanaimo’s DisconTent City today. The first tents were set up here on May 17, 2018, to draw attention to the problem of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in Nanaimo. The encampment is on city-owned … Continue reading →

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Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Kim Goldberg

I just received my contributor copy of the Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. WOWZERS! What a collection! I am so honoured to be included with my poem “Spawn” in this 460-page anthology edited by Melissa Tuckey, co-founder of Split … Continue reading →

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Nanaimo Tent City – Day 1

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Kim Goldberg

A tent city of homeless individuals sprung up on the lawn of Nanaimo City Hall this morning. The action is in response to the city’s lack of progress on homelessness and the opioid crises locally. Six tents were standing in … Continue reading →

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Burial

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Kim Goldberg

Burial The King of the Kookaburras feared seven words so he dug seven holes in the earth. He knew he wasn’t crazy— his angst was science-based. The interment of bad language was both duty and entitlement. One night while the … Continue reading →

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The Keys of the Piano

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Kim Goldberg

The Keys of the Piano Kim Goldberg The keys of the piano at the annual extinction concert were built from bones of vanished species—each pallid slab a different absence in the ravelling weft. And the people wept as the unholy … Continue reading →

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Photos from Submarine Dead Ahead (Re)Launch

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Kim Goldberg

A few photos from the recent re-launching of my 1991 book, Submarine Dead Ahead! Waging Peace in America’s Nuclear Colony (Harbour Publishing), about the work and vision of a local peace group in the 1980s, the Nanoose Conversion Campaign.  Including … Continue reading →

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Book (Re)Launch: Submarine Dead Ahead

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Kim Goldberg

Please join me on November 9th for the re-launch of my 1991 book Submarine Dead Ahead: Waging Peace in America’s Nuclear Colony, documenting the work and vision of the historic and flamboyant local peace group, the Nanoose Conversion Campaign (NCC). … Continue reading →

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Hate Masks Pain (James Baldwin)

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Kim Goldberg

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

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