Mel Goldberg
Born 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Currently resides in Ajijic, Mexico
Mel taught literature and writing in California, Illinois, Arizona and as a Fulbright Exchange Teacher at Stanground College in Cambridgeshire, England. After selling most of their possessions, he traveled with his artist wife in a small motor home for seven years throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico.
URL: http://www.wix.com/goldmiel/authormel
(portrait painted by his wife, Bev Kephart)
supermarket line
the old man ahead
searches for exact change
cancer test
the doctor asks
if I am religious
black stone monument
I touch the names of comrades
I never knew
coins in the fountain
the wish
I did not make
Heron’s Nest Volume XIV, Issue 4 · September 2012
New Year's Eve
after a few drinks
we promise to change
A Hundred Gourds December 2014