Lenore Goodell

COMMONS includes Earth in Oligarchal Grip - 2017 poems, Thunder - 2018 poems, and Early Riser - 2019 poems. As in previous recent books the poet includes many of the drawings from his notebooks interspersed with the poems. "It is a beautiful book, and so much inside to take in bit by bit. I love the little drawings scattered among the poems." - Margaret Randall To Larry: "Poetry isn't the property of Academe. It's an alive art --- & you prove that." - Joy Harjo "He is a master reader, and you have to imagine these pieces read. No, rather performed. For Larry truly breathes shape into the words. They take on attitudes. Costumes. He is their animator, as well as originator." - Art Goodtimes"I feel fulfilled that we claim a poet here unafraid of voicing his rancor at the ruthless betrayers of the heart, and, fulfilled that he is honest not to comprise or gloss over serious concerns of our age." - Jimmy Santiago Baca

"For something like 60 years now, Larry Goodell has been the Poet of our Conscience. It's an ancient occupation, and Larry does not shirk his responsibilities. Love poems. Garden poems. Sorrow poems. Political rants. Joyful life celebrations. Wherever his quirky imagination takes us, he is always reminding of our place on this precarious Spaceship Earth as it navigates around the sun and through the universe. Enjoy his poems, always be ready to laugh out loud, but, please, pay close attention. Take heed. This is important work." Bobby Byrd, poet and editor of Cinco Puntos Press in El Paso. Three new books from Larry Goodell, New Mexico Poet. Broken Garden features all geared to read aloud and drawings that occurred at the time of the poems - 2011 & 12. Digital Remains - 2013 - and Pieces of Heart - 2014 - are also new. These books of poetry include hundreds of the poet's notebook drawings Robert Creeley: "Larry Goodell talks a truth in terms that grab you by the ears and give you a good shake. There is generous wisdom in this genial poet, which is why the horny toads still love a hoe-down, if Larry plays the tune." Gino Sky, the Cowboy Buddha: "Since the 'Sixties, ' Larry Goodell has kept that 'spirit' alive. And he continues getting stronger and more significant in his life and writings. He is a real poet. A true poet who has never once taken the academic way out. He is what we all strove for when we first started on our quests as revolutionary poets. Walt Whitman stuffed in our back pockets, Francois Villon, Emily Dickenson, John Keats, William Blake, Tillie Olsen, Rosalie Sorrels. Poetry's a revolution, and Larry's our peace-loving drum major." Bob Holman, premier US performance poet: "Now that spoken word and performance poetry have pushed poetry back into the public eardrum, now that poetry slams and hip hop, Billy Collins and Garrison Keillor have all conspired to create a US Poetry Renaissance, dear Larry Goodell can lean back on his caterpillar legs and other poetry costumes and ask, "Where ya been?" Goodell, as unknown at 70 as he was at 20, has a half-century's worth of revolutionary poetics under his belt, and is laughing all the way to Utopia. Nobody has done more, nor been recognized less, than this Legend of Placitas, New Mexico." Judson Crews, legendary Taos New Mexico Editor & Poet: Larry Goodell is "the consummate performance poet." Beatlick Press in Albuquerque is proud to present these 3 new works: Broken Garden, Digital Remains" and Pieces of Heart. Thank you, Pamela Hirst, as we honor the memory of world travelor and troubadour, Joe Speer.