Trees Are the Slowest Rivers

by Brent Goodman

Poems. Paperback, saddle-stapled.

Genres: Poetry

21 pages, Chapbook

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Brent Goodman is the author of Far From Sudden (2012 Black Lawrence Press), The Brother Swimming Beneath Me (2009 Black Lawrence Press) and two chapbooks, Trees Are the Slowest Rivers (1998 Sarasota Poetry Theatre) and Wrong Horoscope (1999 Thorngate Road) which won the Frank O'Hara Award. His work has appeared in Poetry, Green Mountains Review, Poetry East, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Diode, No Tell Motel, Gulf Coast, Barn Owl Review, and elsewhere. A twice recipient of Wisconsin Arts Board Individual Artist Fellowship Awards and a former Lecturer of English at Purdue University (MFA '96), Brent is currently a member of the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission.