Midge Goldberg

26th New Criterion Poetry Prize, Outer Space: 100 Poems (Cambridge University Press), poet, mystery writer, chicken farmer, mom, gardener, other stuff

[Midge Goldberg @MidgeGoldberg]

I'm thrilled to be the recipient of this prestigious prize! Thank you to the judges, Roger Kimball, Christopher Scalia, and Rachel Hadas, for selecting my manuscript, The Whole Gray Lake's a Sky.

[The New Criterion @newcriterion]

The Editors of The New Criterion are pleased to announce that Midge Goldberg is the winner of the twenty-sixth New Criterion Poetry Prize. @MidgeGoldberg @rogerkimball @cjscalia

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@kevin_farnham Things cycle. This year was good for green beans and cherry tomatoes, bad for cucumbers and butternut squash.

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Last harvest before tonight's frost (the green beans and the tomatoes, not the chicken)

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@AODonnellAngela @PowowRiverPoets @amjuster @alfred_nicol What a great reading this was, two stars of the formalist world.

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@amjuster @SallyThomasNC And evoking memories of David Berman, who would have approved of the Jane/main/again rhyme.

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@amjuster Maybe don't show them your geese poem?

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@ae_stallings Resting goat, a new yoga pose

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@garonnevik I think you're right, and they could be helpful for anyone in a difficult situation. I ran into this after the death of a family member--many people didn't know how to react. https://t.co/7rTKC1tbB9

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"I can't even remember what happened tomorrow." --the poet I live with.

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@cjscalia The Music Man! A household favorite, and my son still calls my husband Marion occasionally, since he was a high school librarian for a time.

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@brecht_dp

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I'm disagreeing with you, my wicked smaht friend--I love this poem.

[A.M. Juster (with Amazon's #1 #Canzoniere!) @amjuster]

@JosephBottum thoughtfully & briefly on #EECummings' "love is more thicker than forget":
https://t.co/zkQJl64iBj

Cummings is one of those poets who seemed to me to be worthwhile in the sixties & seventies, but no longer does.

Many of my smart friends disagree.

[Midge Goldberg @MidgeGoldberg]

I'm thrilled to be on the advisory board for this new journal, founded by Benjamin Rose, for Jewish authors and others engaged with subject material relevant to Judaism and Jewish art. Submissions open in two weeks! https://t.co/DKIRQLp52P

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@shemaiahng I highly recommend Tom Lake. And, if you like audio books, Meryl Streep does an amazing job narrating. I read the book, then listened, just for the pleasure of listening to her.

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@dacooperpoet Congratulations!

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@RedSox grammar lessons, day 1: Gerund Duran is running. Gerund Duran is catching. Gerund Duran is throwing.

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Blanket? Cat? Cat? Blanket?

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@stargazing_404 May I suggest a book for their syllabus next time? https://t.co/3TiNVu5Kgr

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Pulled this off the bookshelf--my copy from my 1986 Literature and the Wilderness class. One of the few books that truly influenced my life. #AnnieDillard

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@sethwieck Testing out dilly bean recipes if you're in the neighborhood.

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Mike, look for some of your favorite Sox fans in the audience...

[A.M. Juster (with Amazon's #1 #Canzoniere!) @amjuster]

Earthly Desire and Divine Grace: #Petrarch’s #Canzoniere with @amjuster and #AndrewFrisardi:

https://t.co/mOozeBEiYD

Thomas More College, Nashua NH, September 29 2026