Happy to announce: I am reading from my new book of poems, Singing the Forge, as part of the Big Light Reading Series in Baltimore, hosted by poet-editor Rachel Adams and Lines & Stars, online journal of poetry and short prose, on Saturday night, Nov. 1, 2025, at 7pm at Atomic Books, in Baltimore, Md. The address for Atomic Books is 3618 Falls Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211.
Guess what, I also plan to read Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” in tandem with some of my own spookier poems from my new collection, including “Ghost Villa,” “Ghost of Green Mount Cemetery,” and maybe a “Wanderer’s Night Song,” one of three translations in the book. I performed the poem a few years ago in Hazelton, PA, to what appeared to be delight. However, what about Poe’s hometown, or one of them?
I am reading with two other poets. Here are their shortened bios:
Michele Evans, a fifth-generation Washingtonian, is the author of purl (Finishing Line Press, 2025), a contemporary poetry collection inspired by Homer’s Odyssey and the verses of Phillis Wheatley Peters. She teaches in Northern Virginia, and you can find her online at www.awordsmithie.com.
Allison Whittenberg is an award-winning poet, novelist, and playwright. They Were Horrible Cooks is her collection of poetry. Her novels include Sweet Thang, Hollywood and Maine, and The Sane Asylum.
G.H. Mosson is the author of three books and three chapbooks of poetry, including most recently, Singing the Forge (David Robert Books), Family Snapshot as a Poem in Time (Finishing Line Press, 2019), and two collaborative chapbooks from PM Press. For more, check out www.ghmosson.com.
About Singing the Forge, Heena Rathore-Pardeshi reviewing it at The Reading Bud recently said: “Throughout the book, Mosson balances philosophy and tenderness. The poems meditate on memory, childhood, work, and the constant tension between chaos and harmony. You sense an awareness that life itself is a form of art, ever unfinished, ever reshaped by our hands and hearts.”
Cheers,
G. H. Mosson
Maryland, USA