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).
So gorgeous, Doug, at every turn.
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So gorgeous, Doug, at every turn.
The lowly Bronx River, which was a solace after the nuns’ tyranny at school and a brief refuge when I’d tried to postpone as long as possible what awaited me at home.
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The lowly Bronx River, which was a solace after the nuns’ tyranny at school and a brief refuge when I’d tried to postpone as long as possible what awaited me at home.
Nec mora, percusso mendacibus aere pennis
abripit Iliadem.
—Metamorphoses X, ll. 159–160
Ganymede figures in a few of my poems. I've always been of two minds regarding this myth: Is that seizing of the youth a blessing or a rape? Clearly here it's the former.
abripit Iliadem.
—Metamorphoses X, ll. 159–160
Ganymede figures in a few of my poems. I've always been of two minds regarding this myth: Is that seizing of the youth a blessing or a rape? Clearly here it's the former.
May 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nec mora, percusso mendacibus aere pennis
abripit Iliadem.
—Metamorphoses X, ll. 159–160
Ganymede figures in a few of my poems. I've always been of two minds regarding this myth: Is that seizing of the youth a blessing or a rape? Clearly here it's the former.
abripit Iliadem.
—Metamorphoses X, ll. 159–160
Ganymede figures in a few of my poems. I've always been of two minds regarding this myth: Is that seizing of the youth a blessing or a rape? Clearly here it's the former.
My book won the gold. Thank you, IPNE.
January 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My book won the gold. Thank you, IPNE.
Thank you, Sean, my friend. This is the opening poem in my latest book. (I’m new here on Blue Sky. In fact, this is my first post.)
January 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thank you, Sean, my friend. This is the opening poem in my latest book. (I’m new here on Blue Sky. In fact, this is my first post.)