I have finished my fourth poetry collection — a full-length book titled Hold Still — and another chapbook, Bald Is the New Black. They are making the rounds of book contests.
From left, Terry, poet Charles Coté (who also contributed a poem) and poet and artist Cara Nusinov with the Poetry Peacock at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival in Delray Beach in Jan. 2012
My poem “Valentine’s Day at Elementary School” is featured on the Polka Dot Poetry Peacock, a sculpture created by Cara Nusinov of South Florida. The artist festooned her work – part of a public art exhibition in the Coconut Grove area of Miami—with hundreds of poems through decoupage. “Art makes poetry touchable,” Cara said.
Come celebrate the release of my new chapbook, Flame, with a party and reading at the sumptuous Scott Laurent gallery in Winter Park. If you came in January 2011 when Beauty Lessons was released, you won’t want to miss the sequel. And if you missed the first reading, you can make up for it in February. There will be a short reading, book signing, wine and cheese (and maybe even a bit of shopping).
Details: Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m
Scott Laurent Collection, 348 Park Ave. N., Winter Park
407-629-0278
New in 2012!
“Terry Godbey is both poet and hypnotist in these startling poems. I held each one close, like a lit match, until it burned. A hunger smolders in this book, one brought to life after divorce, after the tomboy ways of youth and the body’s betrayal, and this hunger is infectious, leaving one to ‘wonder where creatures go/when they can go anywhere.’ ” – Alison Pelegrin
“Terry Godbey’s Flame is a nuanced journey into the landscape of the interior, where our lives are tangled in beauty and ruin, season after season. It is a collection filled with courage, deep recognition and a necessary fire capable of enduring the losses a lifetime brings. In Flame, the human heart refuses to silence the desire that keeps it alive.” – Brian Turner
- The cover of Flame was designed by Claire Zoghb.
