Portfolio of Poems

Work samples

Three Poems from Singing the Forge (Wasteland Press 2025).
Three Poems from Singing the Forge (Wasteland Press 2025).
Three Poems from Singing the Forge (Wasteland Press 2025).
Cover of Singing the Forge (Poetry)

These poems come from the closing third section of Singing the Forge, poetry by G. H. Mosson (Wasteland Press 2025).

About G H

G.H. Mosson is the author of three books and three chapbooks of poetry, including Singing the Forge (David Robert Books & Wasteland Press, 2025), Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (Finishing Line Press 2019) and two collaborative chapbooks of poetry from PM Press. His poetry has appeared in The Tampa Review, The Evening Street Review, Smartish Pace, The Potomac Review, and The Hollins Critic, and been nominated four times for the Pushcart… more

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Five Poems from Spring

These poems written over two decades, and gathered together in a hunch of sympathy among them, came out last spring through BLAZEVOX: An Online Journal Of Voice. It includes the poem, "Marsh Yoga,"and a far older poem, "This Rain." I am grateful for having them finely presented together.

Five Springly Poems

If you click on the first poem, above, it springs into a PDF of five poems. The five poems in order are "April Tease," "Marsh Yoga," "This Rain," "Self-Portrait in Yellow," and "Twin Candles."

Pandemic Housekeeping and Other Poems

From around 2020 to 2024, I experimented with something different, such as adding open space composition, prose-like moments, and writing out of the teeny detail of daily life. You'll find these elements in the first two poems, especially, of the four related poems here. They arose from the quiet time of sheltering in place and long walks around the neighborhood. "Parenting During a Pandemic” first appeared in Connections: Journal of Southern Maryland. The poem then appeared with "Pandemic Housecleaning" and "Chorus at 4:02 A.M" in The Evening Street Review of California. An online journal, Vox Poetica, first published "Open Letter to Returning Birds" under another title. These poems are tucked in a current manuscript in progress.

Parenting During a Pandemic

Parenting During a Pandemic (a poem). If you click on the poem above, it springs into a PDF for easier reading.
Chorus at 4:02 AM

Chorus at 4:02 AM (a poem). If you click on the poem above, it springs into a PDF for easier reading.
Open Letter to Returning Birds

Open Letter to Returning Birds (poem). If you click on the poem above, it springs into a PDF for easier reading.
Pandemic Housecleaning

Pandemic Housecleaning (a poem). If you click on the poem above, it springs into a PDF for easier reading.

Three Poems from Questions of Fire (2009)

These three poems, read out loud for you, wrestle with some practical ethical questions encountered in a coffee shop, while driving to work, and contemplating what we celebrate in public. The coffee shop mentioned, Common Grounds, still exists in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. The poems are "Music of Questions," "Caution for Monuments," and "I Saw the Moon," all from Questions of Fire (Plain View Press, 2009).

Music of Questions (Poem)

Reading of poem, "Music of Questions."
Caution for Monuments (poem)

A reading of "Caution of Monuments" (poem).
I Saw the Moon (poem)

A reading of the poem, "I Saw the Moon."

Winter Sonnets

These nine winter sonnets come from my first book, Season of Flowers and Dust (Goose River Press 2008). They were first drafted in the middle of the 1990s, in a sort of sculptural free verse, and crafted out of quiet watching. Hope you enjoy.

Nine Winter Sonnets

These nine sonnets span from the first dark freeze to the cusp of wet spring. Click on the poem and you can scroll through all nine of them.

Available for Purchase

Season of Flowers and Dust (Goose River Press, 2008)

Readings in 2025 and 2026

This past year I have been reading from my new book, Singing the Forge, published now through Wasteland Press after debuting with David Robert Books. The 2026 readings include (1) Weds., January 28, 2026 at 7:00pm at Kramer's Books in Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., (2) Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 at 7:00pm at Queen Takes Book, a bookstore in Columbia, Md.; and (3) on Monday, July 6, 2026 at 645pm at the Manor Mill in Monkton, Md., as the featured reader. I hope to have more readings in 2026, and look forward to sharing this work and celebrating the poetry endeavor together with you.

Reading Flyer: Feb. 10, 2026 in Columbia, Md.
Hot L Reading Flyer (Baltimore, Md., June 2025).
Baltimore Book Festival Flyer, Baker Artist Table (Fall 2025).
Reading Flyer with Lines & Stars, the online journal, at Atomic Books (Balt., Md.) on Nov. 1, 2025.

Reviewing Tony Hoagland (2023)

Reading Tony Hoagland & Its Pleasures

Like other writers, I am engaged in wide reading and developing my own tastes, views, and delights. It's hard not to celebrate the late, witty, piercing and provocative poet, Tony Hoagland, with this review of his most recent book of poems here. Click on the image to read it as a PDF.

Charles Simic and His Poetic Noir: An Essay (2016)

Reading Charles Simic and His Poetic Noir: An Essay

Like other writers, I am engaged in wide reading and developing my own tastes, views, and delights. Here, I review former U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic, longtime professor and critic, immigrant due to WWII, and wonderful imagistic poet . Click on the image to read it as a PDF.

Reading Adrienne Rich: An Essay (2015)

Reading Adrienne Rich

Like other writers, I am engaged in wide reading and developing my own tastes, views, and delights. Here, I review Baltimore-native, one-and-only poet Adrienne Rich, alongside contemporary poet Erin Belieu, and their view of the state of the union and themselves. Click on the image to read it as a PDF.

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