Richard Foerster
@richardfoerster.bsky.social
Poet, editor. Recent books: Boy on a Doorstep: New and Selected Poems (Tiger Bark Press); With Little Light and Sometimes None at All (Littoral Books). National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowships (1995, 2011). Maine Literary Awards (2007, 2011).
This morning I was reading Henri Cole’s new book, The Other Love, and encountered a beautiful Japanese word—komorebi. Here’s a link that explains its meaning. www.morethantokyo.com/komorebi-jap....
Komorebi—A Beautiful Japanese Word That English Needs
Komorebi is a word that we English speakers could really use. And not just to add to our vocabulary, but also to our lives. It is formed from the Japanese
https://www.morethantokyo.com/komorebi-japanese-word/#:~:text=Komorebi%20木漏れ日%20(pronounced%20kō%2Dmō,approaching%20Torii%20Pass%2C%20Nagano%20Prefecture
September 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This morning I was reading Henri Cole’s new book, The Other Love, and encountered a beautiful Japanese word—komorebi. Here’s a link that explains its meaning. www.morethantokyo.com/komorebi-jap....
As several of my books go out of print, I increasingly wonder how the poems will continue to find their way into the world, and so I'm heartened when posts like the one below come to my attention and honor the work so beautifully.
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Wednesday Weed – Smoke Bush Revisited
Dear Readers, I have clearly not been paying enough attention to the street trees in East Finchley for a while. The one above is fairly close to my house, and it was puzzling me, until I realised t…
bugwomanlondon.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As several of my books go out of print, I increasingly wonder how the poems will continue to find their way into the world, and so I'm heartened when posts like the one below come to my attention and honor the work so beautifully.
bugwomanlondon.com/2024/05/29/w...
bugwomanlondon.com/2024/05/29/w...
Reposted by Richard Foerster
The clearest possible indication that Bove now has enough votes to be confirmed.
July 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The clearest possible indication that Bove now has enough votes to be confirmed.
I'm deeply honored to have this quirky poem of mine in the new issue of Under a Warm Green Linden and to share the space with my friends Sean Thomas Doherty and Med Kearney and so many other fine poets whom I admire. Thank you, editor Christopher Nelson.
www.greenlindenpress.com/issue19-rich...
www.greenlindenpress.com/issue19-rich...
Issue 19: Richard Foerster — Green Linden Press
www.greenlindenpress.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I'm deeply honored to have this quirky poem of mine in the new issue of Under a Warm Green Linden and to share the space with my friends Sean Thomas Doherty and Med Kearney and so many other fine poets whom I admire. Thank you, editor Christopher Nelson.
www.greenlindenpress.com/issue19-rich...
www.greenlindenpress.com/issue19-rich...
Here’s (yet another) solstice poem of mine from a few years ago that first appeared in The Maine Review, was reprinted by Poetry Daily, and reintroduced by Betsy Sholl at the Maine Arts Journal. Happy Solstice, All.
maineartsjournal.com/richard-foer...
maineartsjournal.com/richard-foer...
Richard Foerster – Poetry - The Maine Arts Journal: The UMVA Quarterly
Balance and imbalance, the solstice teetering on the edge, a held breath—these symbols fill this exquisite poem by Richard Foerster. The speaker both invests in darkness and is “a celebrant of solstic...
maineartsjournal.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Here’s (yet another) solstice poem of mine from a few years ago that first appeared in The Maine Review, was reprinted by Poetry Daily, and reintroduced by Betsy Sholl at the Maine Arts Journal. Happy Solstice, All.
maineartsjournal.com/richard-foer...
maineartsjournal.com/richard-foer...
My thanks to Richard Krawiec and everyone at Jacar Press for publishing this yoga poem of mine in the new issue of One. (Salabhasana in the locust pose.)
one.jacarpress.com/issue-31/
one.jacarpress.com/issue-31/
Issue 31 - One
Purple Sky Sunset by Julia S. Powell Contents Romeo Oriogun | Rebecca Weil | Kareem Tayyar | Ìfẹ́olúwa Àyàndélé | Erin Wilson | Catherine Carter | M. Nasorri Pavone | Jan FitzGerald | Matthew Mur...
one.jacarpress.com
April 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My thanks to Richard Krawiec and everyone at Jacar Press for publishing this yoga poem of mine in the new issue of One. (Salabhasana in the locust pose.)
one.jacarpress.com/issue-31/
one.jacarpress.com/issue-31/
Feeling grateful for my publisher, Littoral Books, and for this recognition from the Independent Publishers of New England.
January 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Feeling grateful for my publisher, Littoral Books, and for this recognition from the Independent Publishers of New England.
Reposted by Richard Foerster
Gerard Manley Hopkins: ‘I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day’
I am gall, I am heartburn. God's most deep decree Bitter would have me taste: my taste was me; Bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed the curse.
I am gall, I am heartburn. God's most deep decree Bitter would have me taste: my taste was me; Bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed the curse.
Gerard Manley Hopkins: ‘I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day’
I am gall, I am heartburn. God's most deep decree Bitter would have me taste: my taste was me; Bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed the curse.
voxpopulisphere.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Gerard Manley Hopkins: ‘I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day’
I am gall, I am heartburn. God's most deep decree Bitter would have me taste: my taste was me; Bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed the curse.
I am gall, I am heartburn. God's most deep decree Bitter would have me taste: my taste was me; Bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed the curse.
Reposted by Richard Foerster
It's Inauguration Day, but there's no inaugural poem on the schedule, so I wrote an inaugural poem for Trump, MAGA and the country.
It's a poem meant to be read aloud, and so there's an audio link here: www.matthewmurrey.net/inauguration...
#Inauguration #poem #poetry #Inauguration2025
It's a poem meant to be read aloud, and so there's an audio link here: www.matthewmurrey.net/inauguration...
#Inauguration #poem #poetry #Inauguration2025
January 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's Inauguration Day, but there's no inaugural poem on the schedule, so I wrote an inaugural poem for Trump, MAGA and the country.
It's a poem meant to be read aloud, and so there's an audio link here: www.matthewmurrey.net/inauguration...
#Inauguration #poem #poetry #Inauguration2025
It's a poem meant to be read aloud, and so there's an audio link here: www.matthewmurrey.net/inauguration...
#Inauguration #poem #poetry #Inauguration2025
My book, With Little Light and Sometimes None at All (Littoral Books), is on the short list for the poetry award. Wish me luck, and tune in tomorrow, Saturday 1/18/25 at 4 pm EST if you can.
ipne.org/the-book-awa...
ipne.org/the-book-awa...
The Book Awards at IPNE - Independent Publishers of New England (IPNE)
ipne.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My book, With Little Light and Sometimes None at All (Littoral Books), is on the short list for the poetry award. Wish me luck, and tune in tomorrow, Saturday 1/18/25 at 4 pm EST if you can.
ipne.org/the-book-awa...
ipne.org/the-book-awa...