Phil Goldstein
@philgoldstein.bsky.social
Poet. Author of HOW TO BURY A BOY AT SEA. Copywriter and editor at Amazon Web Services. Cat and dog dad. Partner. Nice Jewish Boy. Dork.
https://linktr.ee/philgoldstein
https://linktr.ee/philgoldstein
Amid the dumpster fire that is the world right now, it was lovely to wake up to this acceptance from @poetrysouth.bsky.social. 🥳❤️
September 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Amid the dumpster fire that is the world right now, it was lovely to wake up to this acceptance from @poetrysouth.bsky.social. 🥳❤️
As @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social says, "The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that's a conservative estimate," but I have some joyous news: My second book of poems, "Beloved Marrow," is now done, and it'll hopefully find a good home soon (poets, am all ears on your favorite presses!).
June 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
As @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social says, "The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that's a conservative estimate," but I have some joyous news: My second book of poems, "Beloved Marrow," is now done, and it'll hopefully find a good home soon (poets, am all ears on your favorite presses!).
Happy 4th anniversary to my love 🌅❤️🥳
April 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy 4th anniversary to my love 🌅❤️🥳
I'm so truly honored to have a new poem out in the latest issue of the Sierra Nevada Review. Since I was a kid I've been fascinated by astronomy. We're specs and yet we are also each so very rare and precious. Many thanks to very helpful edits from @patrycjasara.bsky.social and Swati Sudarsan!
March 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I'm so truly honored to have a new poem out in the latest issue of the Sierra Nevada Review. Since I was a kid I've been fascinated by astronomy. We're specs and yet we are also each so very rare and precious. Many thanks to very helpful edits from @patrycjasara.bsky.social and Swati Sudarsan!
Sitting with my dog and watching the gorgeous movie, "Flow," and there's something so perfect and tranquil about that. Truly a beautiful film.
February 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Sitting with my dog and watching the gorgeous movie, "Flow," and there's something so perfect and tranquil about that. Truly a beautiful film.
Super thrilled that one my favorite poems I've written in the past two years - if my not my favorite - has been accepted for publication in the Sierra Nevada Review! Can't wait to share it with you all soon! 🥳
January 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Super thrilled that one my favorite poems I've written in the past two years - if my not my favorite - has been accepted for publication in the Sierra Nevada Review! Can't wait to share it with you all soon! 🥳
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from my family to you and your loved ones 🙏🏻🎄🕎🥳
December 24, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from my family to you and your loved ones 🙏🏻🎄🕎🥳
I just submitted information to get an estimate from a stuffed animal hospital (yes, the exist!) for Lamby, who I've had for 37 years. He has a rip on his face and could use a good cleaning.
It's amazing how much these things can stop being "things" and become something much more precious. 🥹🐑🧸
It's amazing how much these things can stop being "things" and become something much more precious. 🥹🐑🧸
December 24, 2024 at 1:09 AM
I just submitted information to get an estimate from a stuffed animal hospital (yes, the exist!) for Lamby, who I've had for 37 years. He has a rip on his face and could use a good cleaning.
It's amazing how much these things can stop being "things" and become something much more precious. 🥹🐑🧸
It's amazing how much these things can stop being "things" and become something much more precious. 🥹🐑🧸
So delighted to share this interview published in @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social I did with Hannah Bonner about her glorious debut #poetry collection, Another Woman! 🥳🥳🥳
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
December 13, 2024 at 3:25 PM
So delighted to share this interview published in @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social I did with Hannah Bonner about her glorious debut #poetry collection, Another Woman! 🥳🥳🥳
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
www.onlypoems.net/conversation...
We got a robot vacuum/mop and our animals were simultaneously enraged and curious. The dog barked quite a lot when it started up for the first time. The cats saw it first as a toy and then as a menace to be avoided. Is this common?? Thoughts?
December 2, 2024 at 10:11 PM
We got a robot vacuum/mop and our animals were simultaneously enraged and curious. The dog barked quite a lot when it started up for the first time. The cats saw it first as a toy and then as a menace to be avoided. Is this common?? Thoughts?
As a Jew, I love celebrating Christmas with my wife in a secular manner. Got a tree this weekend and just finished decorating. I love doing this.
December 2, 2024 at 12:13 AM
As a Jew, I love celebrating Christmas with my wife in a secular manner. Got a tree this weekend and just finished decorating. I love doing this.
We have a giant hot plate that we use once a year (today). But on Thanksgiving, it's the MVP of the day. (OK, who am I kidding? The oven is the MVP of the day. But we let the hot plate think it's really kicking ass.)
November 29, 2024 at 1:08 AM
We have a giant hot plate that we use once a year (today). But on Thanksgiving, it's the MVP of the day. (OK, who am I kidding? The oven is the MVP of the day. But we let the hot plate think it's really kicking ass.)
This was so good 😋🦃🥳
November 29, 2024 at 1:05 AM
This was so good 😋🦃🥳
Maybe a tiered rejection from Beloit Poetry Journal? 🤷🏻♂️
November 27, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Maybe a tiered rejection from Beloit Poetry Journal? 🤷🏻♂️
Published in @atticusreview.bsky.social last year 😊
November 23, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Published in @atticusreview.bsky.social last year 😊
Everyone check in. For me, I'm a solid 7. Intense, strong and focused but also close to developing an eye twitch.
November 23, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Everyone check in. For me, I'm a solid 7. Intense, strong and focused but also close to developing an eye twitch.
For the past 26 months I've been working on my second book of poems. The book is about two people who meet, fall in love, and start building a life, only for one of them to die far too young from cancer. And it's about what happens after that, and all that loss stirs up.
November 21, 2024 at 5:29 PM
For the past 26 months I've been working on my second book of poems. The book is about two people who meet, fall in love, and start building a life, only for one of them to die far too young from cancer. And it's about what happens after that, and all that loss stirs up.
I'm so thrilled to be able to share my latest poem, "When I Think About There Ever Being Someone Else," published in @atlreview.bsky.social! I took inspiration from Vievee Francis's "I've Been Thinking about Love Again." This is from my book I'm finishjng. Another rom-com special for y'all! 😉🐺🐺❄️🫀❤️🔥
November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
I'm so thrilled to be able to share my latest poem, "When I Think About There Ever Being Someone Else," published in @atlreview.bsky.social! I took inspiration from Vievee Francis's "I've Been Thinking about Love Again." This is from my book I'm finishjng. Another rom-com special for y'all! 😉🐺🐺❄️🫀❤️🔥
This is my tattoo (one and only for now). It's based on two things. The line from Whitman, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars," and the concept popularized by Sagan that the atoms on Earth came from the remnants of an exploding star. We are made of starstuff. 🌿🌌
November 17, 2024 at 1:48 PM
This is my tattoo (one and only for now). It's based on two things. The line from Whitman, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars," and the concept popularized by Sagan that the atoms on Earth came from the remnants of an exploding star. We are made of starstuff. 🌿🌌
You know this one! Published this summer in the South Dakota Review 😊
November 16, 2024 at 3:37 AM
You know this one! Published this summer in the South Dakota Review 😊
My favorite thing I've published in the past few years. It's the first poem I wrote in what has now become my second book (very close to being done with a first draft!). Published in August 2023 in @atticusreview.bsky.social. All praise to @alinaetc.bsky.social for a prompt that led to this poem 🙏🏻🥳❤️
November 16, 2024 at 12:42 AM
My favorite thing I've published in the past few years. It's the first poem I wrote in what has now become my second book (very close to being done with a first draft!). Published in August 2023 in @atticusreview.bsky.social. All praise to @alinaetc.bsky.social for a prompt that led to this poem 🙏🏻🥳❤️
Missing this already 🍁🍂
November 15, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Missing this already 🍁🍂
I miss George Carlin so much. He'd have so much to say about these times.
November 15, 2024 at 1:00 AM
I miss George Carlin so much. He'd have so much to say about these times.
Quote post with a sunset picture you took yourself.
On the northern shore of Maui in September 2021.
On the northern shore of Maui in September 2021.
November 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Quote post with a sunset picture you took yourself.
On the northern shore of Maui in September 2021.
On the northern shore of Maui in September 2021.
Personal accountability project for doing the work is going well 😊
November 13, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Personal accountability project for doing the work is going well 😊