THE GODDESS: Poems

by Starr Goode

Staple Bound

Expected publication January 1, 9999

About the author

Starr Goode, MA, teaches writing and literature at Santa Monica College. Winner of The David L. Kubal Memorial Essay Prize, she wrote "The Fable of the Invisible Woman" for The Rule of Mars: Readings on the Origins, History and Impact of Patriarchy. She is also a recipient of The Henri Coulette Memorial Poetry Award from The Academy of American Poets. As a poet, her work has appeared in numerous publications, most recently in Expanding Circles: Women, Art & Community and Sage Woman and was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to create a bookmark from her poem "Gossip." Producer and moderator for the cable TV series, The Goddess in Art, the programs are now available on YouTube. She has been profiled for her work as a cultural commentator in the LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker. Her latest essay, "Adventures She Has Brought My Way" appears in Elders and Visionaries Anthology published by Cambria Press. Now available is her meditation on the masculine, The Art of Living: Falstaff the Fool and Dino. Her new book, Sheela na gig, The Dark Goddess of Sacred Power, will be published in October 2016 by Inner Traditions.