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  • 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).
    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)
    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).

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About G H

Baltimore County  

G.H. Mosson is the author of three books and three chapbooks of poetry, including Singing the Forge (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 Prize. He has studied poetry… more

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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.
    Reading Flyer: Feb. 10, 2026 in Columbia, Md.
  • Hot L Reading Flyer (Baltimore, Md., June 2025).
    Hot L Reading Flyer (Baltimore, Md., June 2025).
  • Baltimore Book Festival Flyer, Baker Artist Table (Fall 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.
    Reading Flyer with Lines & Stars, the online journal, at Atomic Books (Balt., Md.) on Nov. 1, 2025.
  • D.C. Reading Flyer for Jan. 28, 2026
    D.C. Reading Flyer for Jan. 28, 2026

    I will be reading in D.C. at Kramer's Books, in Dupont Circle, on Jan. 28, 2026, with two other regional poets.

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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. 

    • April Tease

      If you click on the poem, above, it grows larger for an easier read.  At BlazeVox, the poems appear together as a PDF.  The five poems in order are "April Tease," "Marsh Yoga," "This Rain," "Self-Portrait in Yellow," and "Twin Candles."  
    • Marsh Yoga

      If you click on the poem, above, it grows larger for an easier read.  At BlazeVox, the poems appear together as a PDF.  The five poems in order are "April Tease," "Marsh Yoga," "This Rain," "Self-Portrait in Yellow," and "Twin Candles."  
    • This Rain

      If you click on the poem, above, it grows larger for an easier read.  At BlazeVox, the poems appear together as a PDF.  The five poems in order are "April Tease," "Marsh Yoga," "This Rain," "Self-Portrait in Yellow," and "Twin Candles."  
    • Self Portrait in Yellow

      If you click on the poem, above, it grows larger for an easier read.  At BlazeVox, the poems appear together as a PDF.  The five poems in order are "April Tease," "Marsh Yoga," "This Rain," "Self-Portrait in Yellow," and "Twin Candles."  
    • Twin Candles

      If you click on the poem, above, it grows larger for an easier read.  At BlazeVox, the poems appear together as a PDF.  The five poems in order are "April Tease," "Marsh Yoga," "This Rain," "Self-Portrait in Yellow," and "Twin Candles."

    • Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time

    This chapbook, published by Finishing Line Press in 2019, combines an experimental long poem for adults followed by ten poems for sharing among parents and children.  This excerpt here presents just three of the children's poems.  The Kirkus Review called Family Snapshot, “A profound and heartfelt meditation on the meaning of parenthood” and recommended it as an Indie Pick.

    • The Cover of Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
      The Cover of Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
    • Let Us Count the Stars (poem)
      Let Us Count the Stars (poem)
    • Hello Moon (poem)
      Hello Moon (poem)
    • Prayer for the Moon (poem)
      Prayer for the Moon (poem)
    • Backcover Copy from Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
      Backcover Copy from Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (Finishing Line Press, 2019)
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    • 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."

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    • 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.

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    Pandemic Housekeeping and Other Poems

    Returning to more recent work, these poems drafted during the pandemic in Maryland during 2020 onward experiment with open field composition across the page, prose-like interludes, and detailed attention to daily life.  An earlier version of "Parenting During a Pandemic” appeared in Connections: Journal of Southern Maryland, and then again with "Pandemic Housecleaning" and "Chorus at 4:02 A.M" in The Evening Street Review of California.  Vox Poetica online first published "Open Letter to Returning Birds" under another title.  These four poems are tucked in a current manuscript in progress.

    • Parenting in a Pandemic (a poem)

      Parenting During a Pandemic (a poem).  If you click on the poem above, it springs into a PDF for easier reading.
    • Chorus at 402AM (a poem)

      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.

    • Writing on Other Writers

    Reading and writing go hand in hand.  So along the way, I've taken up reviewing poetry.  Reviewing enables me to share my own aesthetics while also developing and fine-tuning them.  It can be, at times, a deeper dive, because reviewing requires re-reading to gather one's thoughts, consider the contexts, and articulate the experience.  As Emily Dickinson said, "There is no frigate like a book."  Well, a reviewer must come home and draw a map of the travel.  My reviews often focus on poetry that deserves engagement and celebration.  This applies to the five poets sampled here: Michael Salcman, Tony Hoagland, Charles Simic, Adrienne Rich, and Erin Belieu.  The project is ongoing.

    • Reading Tony Hoagland & Its Pleasures (2023)

      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)

      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)

      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.
    • Reviewing the Latest from Poet and Neurosurgeon Michael Salcman (2024)

      Like other writers, I am engaged in wide reading and developing my own tastes, views, and delights. Reading Michael Salcman, doctor to some and poet to others, sometimes both, and by the way who lives in Maryland, is a treat.  Click on the image to read it as a PDF.