Green Is The Color Of Winter
An Eclectic Collection of work with
Poetry by
Nyla Alisia,
F.I. Goldhaber, Marc Janssen, Marilyn Johnston,
Editor Kitty, and
Andrew Scott.
Prose by
Andrew S. Fuller.
Photography by
Nyla Alisia
All profits for
Green is the Color of Winter will be donated to
SMART: Start Making A Reader Today "Our vision is an Oregon where every child can read and is empowered to succeed"
Cover Design and Interior Design donated by Publish Your Words
Photographs Voted Best Artwork by Preditors & Editors Readers Poll
Out of Print Copies only available through authors
The winter issue of
The BeZine, with the theme of Life of the Spirit and Healing, includes
three of my poems about Life in the Time of Covid.
Normal Life and
Essential Services first appeared in
CHAOS: The Poetry Vortex and
Times that Try debuted in
As the World Burns: Writers and Artists Reflect on a World Gone Mad.
The fall issue of
The BeZine, with the theme of social justice and hunger, includes three of my poems.
The Hypocrite's Creed makes its debut appearance along with
The Politics of Food (first published in
Subversive Verse in 2014) and
Consumer Temple (first published in 2008 in
Pairs of Poems and on
protestpoems.org).
Poetic Sun published three of my poems in three different forms (including my first Fibonacci poem). Read
all three —
House Finches (a Fibonacci),
Day's End (a Shadorma), and
Grief (a Nonet) — on page 7 (page 10 in the document) of Issue 4.
VoiceCatcher -- an online journal that supports, inspires, and empowers trans and cis women writers and artists in the greater Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington areas -- published my poem,
Watching the Wetlands, in the
Spring 2021 issue.
My very first nonet,
Dinosaur, placed third in the inaugural
Cripendy Contest. Read it on
The Handy Uncapped Pen, a blog/community for disabled and neurodivergent creatives.
My poem,
Do I Pass?, appears in Volume 4 of
Outcast, a lgbtq+ literary magazine based in South Asia.
Outcast aims to bring about change by sharing stories, poetry, and art and providing a community for young people struggling with their sexuality.
As the World Burns: Writers and Artists Reflect on a World Gone Mad, both a story of survival and an act of resistance, includes three of my poems:
Thin Blue Lie,
Times that Try, and
'Nice' People. The anthology speaks with many voices to the damage wrought in these violent, fevered months.
Two of my poems about life in quarantine,
Normal Life and
Essential Services, appear in the Local Gems Press anthology,
CHAOS: The Poetry Vortex, dedicated to all the poets over the years who have brought CHAOS to the world.
Portland Metrozine included a suite of my poems in the Summer 2020 issue. The editors introduce
She Only Screams at Night,
Women's Lot,
#MeToo, and
Words Matter with
Poetry as an activist's tool calling out the injustices of our time and giving voice to those otherwise silenced. 
Two of my shadorma,
Pink Snow and
Setting Sun, appear in Volume 8 of
Red Earth Review, a literary magazine published by
The Red Earth Creative Writing MFA program of Oklahoma City University. Find them on pages 70-71 (pages 77-78 in the document).
The fourth annual
Parks & Points & Poetry 2020 poetry series includes my poem
Human Concerns, which contrasts pandemic panic with swampland serenity.
My poem
Dear Facebook laments the social media site's use and abuse of algorithms.
Cirque, A Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, included it in the 10th Anniversary issue. Find it on page 63 (page 65 in the document).
Three of my tanka --
Rainy Weather,
Duck Amusement Park, and
Captured -- appear in the Spring, 2020 issue of
Door is a Jar Magazine. You can also find a broadside of
Rainy Weather on
Pinterest.
The Raven Chronicles Press included my poem,
Take The Knee, on page 268 of the
Take a Stand: Art Against Hate anthology, winner of the
2021 Washington State Book Award for Poetry. Inspired by
Colin Kaepernick,
Take The Knee also appears as a broadside on
Pinterest.
I took a photo at
Tryon Creek State Natural Area to create a broadside for my poem
Brooks, first published in
Pairs of Poems, first appearing on
Twitter as part of
Folded Word's Form.Reborn. The City of Beaverton selected the
Brooks broadside as
#YourArtMoment for October 20, 2019.
I combined
The Heron, a shadorma originally published by
Origami Poems Project in my microchapbook,
Summer Creek , with a photo I took at the
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge as a broadside and the Beaverton City Government selected it as
#YourArtMoment for August 23, 2019.
Vitamin ZZZ reprinted my poems
Full House on page 33 of the Spring 2019 edition,
Family Bed and
Dreams on page 14 of the Summer 2019 edition,
Dream Ticket.
Vitamin ZZZ is
SleepyHead CENTRAL's literary effort to spread awareness about all things sleep.
The Handy Uncapped Pen, a community for disabled and neurodivergent writers and other creatives. published my poem
NormalPeople on August 9, 2019.
Portland Metrozine introduces my poems with:
Goldhaber wields their poetry as an activist's tool to call out injustice against our fellow humans, our environment, and other species that inhabit the earth with us. Read
Protest,
Forgotten, and
Ugly But Necessary in the
Summer, 2019 issue.
Kelsey Creek Shade, originally published by
Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place, appeared in my collection,
Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends, illustrated with this photo. I combined the two as a broadside and the Beaverton City Government selected it as
#YourArtMoment for August 4, 2019.
Anunnaki Ray Marquez published my poem,
I See Your Soul, on his intersex educational website. Mx. Marquez is a gender/intersex, activist, educator, writer, and speaker.
NATIONALISM: (Mis)Understanding Donald Trump's Capitalism, Racism, Global Politics, International Trade and Media Wars -- a rich, robust collection of 10 essays, three fiction pieces, 51 poems, and two plays -- includes my poems
Amendment XIV and
The War on Terrorism.
Zingara Poetry Review, a space for practicing poets, published the shadorma
Protection on May 1, 2019.
The
Origami Poems Project selected six of my poems inspired by
Summer Creek -- which runs through Beaverton and Tigard, Oregon -- for a
microchap 'zine. You can download
Summer Creek, print it, and follow the instructions to
fold it for your own personal copy. (Cover art by
Lauri Burke.)
Wetlands Drama won the thirteenth annual
Number One poetry contest and appeared on page 26 (page 37 in the document) of
Volume 46, released in January of 2019.
Two of my poems appear in the Winter/Spring 2019 issue of
Kaleidoscope. Read
Little Lavender Pill, first published in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of
Thresholds, on page 16 (17 in the document), and
Age Old Dilemma, first published in
Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends, on page 29 (30).
Still Fighting, inspired by the loss of a dear friend to the Men's Rights Activists, appeared on
Room's Turtle Island Responds, an online library of lived experience offered in verse. (Artwork Secwepemcúl'ecw on Turtle Island / in North America by
Danachos.) 
Abused and Alone appeared in
We Will Not Be Silenced, the lived experience of sexual harassment and sexual assault told powerfully through poetry, prose, essay, and art with 70 percent of the profits donated to organizations that provide services to sexual harassment and sexual assault survivors.
Filial Food appeared in Volume No. XVII and
Ashes to Ashes appeared in Volume No. XVIII of
Survivor's Review, which encourages the creative expression of cancer survivors.
The haiku,
Blood Moon, and the shadorma,
Crystals, appear in the Fall, 2018 issue of
Door is a Jar Magazine.
Kosmos Journal published
Chains of Injustice as part of the
We the World Days of Unity campaign, Fall 2018.
Hawk appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of
Parentheses Journal, an international independent literary journal.
A first person version of
Ode of a Buggy Whip appeared on page 33 of the June 2018 issue of
Perspectives Magazine, where inanimate objects and animals have their say.
The November 15, 2017
Placeholder Magazine -- a fiercely independent critical voice covering contemporary arts, culture, and literature -- features
Lessons from Martin Niemöller, Hate Speech ≠ Free Speech, and Braving a Hostile World.
Armed appeared on page 18 of the September 8, 2017 issue of
Pink Panther Magazine, providing a multicultural atmosphere that focuses on today's women's issues.
Portland Heroes, #BiVisibility, and True Colors and False Flags are featured in the inaugural issue of
Weatherbeaten, a refuge for those seeking asylum from the storm.
Intersectionality, Begging for Help, and The Price of Prisons for Profit appear in the second issue of
Tiny Tim Literary Review, targeted at normalizing the narratives of those who have chronic illness and disabilities and humanizing medical professionals.
Where Have You Been? appeared in
Black Lives Have Always Mattered, A Collection of Essays, Poems, and Personal Narratives Edited by
Abiodun Oyewole from
2Leaf Press, publisher of alternative fiction, non-fiction, poetry and bilingual works by activists, academics, poets and authors.
These Trees, a coffee table book by photographer Ruthie Rosauer, included my shadorma
Tree Teachings and my haiku
Dogwood. The book showcases more than 140 photographs of trees embellished with twenty five poems penned by twenty poets.
Armed appeared in Issue 5.2 of
Star 82 Review, an art and literature, online and print magazine that highlights words and images in gemlike forms.
Growing up Jewish in the American South and
What Racism? appear in
11/9: The Fall of American Democracy, presenting diverse voices of those most affected by the 2016 U.S. presidential election results. RAINN and ACLU will receive a 50/50 split of the book's profits.
Ashes to Ashes appeared in the Winter 2017 issue and
T appeared in the LGBTQ-themed Summer 2016 issue of
Soul-Lit: a journal of spiritual poetry.
The poem
Ode to a Buggy Whip appeared in the Autumn 2016 issue of
Kalyna Review.
The tanka
Kelsey Creek Shade appeared on page 26 of the Fall 2016 issue of
Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place.
Farmers' Market Bounty appeared in the July 21, 2016 issue of
The Hillsdale Farmers' Market Grapevine (scroll to Your Market Basket).
Occupy America,
Winds of Change,
Hate,
Five Old White Men,
Trans Pacific Partnership,
Summer's Heat,
Shared Grieving,
Home Grown Terrorism,
Little Old WHITE Lady, and
Respecting Beliefs appeared on
The New Verse News, an on-line e-zine for politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.
Cycle of Life appeared in the debut issue of
Icarus Down Review, a monthly ebook publication dedicated to writers who like to aim a little higher and shoot a little farther. It's also available in
Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends.
Gender Blending Fashion appeared December 3, 2015 in the winter issue of
Rat's Ass Review online poetry journal.
Four haiku and tanka -- Berries, Truffles, Autumn Harvest, and Portland Diversity -- were among pieces featured at Portland Mall Management Inc. Be Grateful event, with work displayed on signs posted in the transit mall area, (5th and 6th Ave. between Salmon and Burnside). Portland Diversity photo by Shawn Norris.
On the Fringes appeared appeared on page 127 of the print edition (134 online) of the Fall 2015 issue of the
Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review, a journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Ode to Chocolate appeared July 1, 2015 on
A Quiet Courage, a Journal of Microfiction and Poetry in 100 Words or Less.
The Master Gardener and
The Urn appear in
Bear the Pall: Stories & Poems about the Loss of a Parent, published in April, 2015.
Food Porn appeared on page 18 of
TRN Literary Magazine's September/October, 2014 issue. It's also available in
Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends.
Three poems —
True Love,
A Love Poem, and
Intervention — appeared February 22, 2013 on
The Blue Hour Magazine, an art and literary magazine. They're also available in
Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends.
Two poems —
Conversations with my Mother's Purse and
In The Irish Countryside — appeared in the inaugural issue of
Gold Man Review literary magazine which launched in November of 2011.
In The Irish Countryside also appears in a poetry broadside on
Pinterest.
Books appeared on the August 9, 2011 issue and Canvas appeared on the July 20, 2011 issue of Every Day Poets.
The Conference appeared in the September, 2011 issue of the
Willamette Writer. It's also available in
Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends.
Ten of F.I. Goldhber's haiku and tanka appeared in On a Narrow Windowsill: Fiction and Poetry Folded onto Twitter, published by Folded Word Press, February, 2010. Written on four continents and read on six, the works in this anthology celebrate the birth of a new literary form: the tweet.
Trade Deficit appeared October, 2009 in
Poetry for the Masses. Read it in
Subversive Verse.
Travels through Life appeared Summer, 2009 on page 50 of the premier issue of
Diverse Voices Quarterly.
Little Lavender Pill appeared in the Spring/Summer 2009 issue of the literary journal, Thresholds.
The haiku Hail appeared April, 2009 in Four and Twenty a short form poetry journal.
The haiku
Sun Glutton,
Dogwood,
Cherry Blossoms,
Flowers,
Tide,
Rust,
Rain,
Observations and tanka
Brooks and
Contradiction appeared on Twitter as part of
Form.Reborn in March and April, 2009. Find
Rain and
Brooks in
Pairs of Poems.
Getting Ready appeared in the Your Stories section of the May/June 2008 issue of
The Rambler. Read it in
Pairs of Poems.
The Mall appeared September 2008 in
Appleseeds anthology from Sacred Fools Press. You can read it
online, page 25. You can also read it in in
Pairs of Poems.
True Love (2009),
Vision (2009),
Interruption (2007),
Waiting (2007),
Early Morning Commute (2006), and
On the Street (2006) appeared on
Long Story Short, a magazine for writers. Read
True Love and
Waiting in
Food ♦ Family ♦ Friends and
Early Morning Commute,
Interruption,
On the Street, and
Waiting in
Pairs of Poems.
Rain and
Rust exhibited in the
3Lights Gallery launch edition in January 2007;
Tide in the Full Bloom edition, March 2007. Find
Rain in
Pairs of Poems.
Dawn Stroll appeared November 2006 in
In Our Own Voices an Oregon Writers Colony collection of fifty works by members. You can also read it in in
Pairs of Poems.
Humdinger Literary E-zine published
Signs of the Times,
Corporations,
Fellow Travelers,
Dreams, and
Betrayal in May 2006. Read them all in
Pairs of Poems and
Corporations in
Subversive Verse.
NW Women's Journal, a monthly magazine written by, for, and about professional women in the Portland-Vancouver area, published
Romance and
Dawn Stroll in the December 15, 2005 issue. Read both in
Pairs of Poems.
Bridges to Nowhere — poetry chapbook illustrated with photographs by Lou Loeffler — published September 2004
