Art Goodtimes

Art Goodtimes is an American poet, farmer and politician in Colorado. Goodtimes was first elected to the San Miguel County Board of Commissioners in 1996 as a Democrat. He switched to the Green Party of Colorado in 1998 ^[1] and was re-elected in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012, before retiring in 2016. ^[2] He is a noted poet and writer of several books^{[ citation needed ]} and the poet laureate of the Telluride Mushroom Festival. He grew up in California and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1970. ^[3] He has also served as co-chair of the Green Party of Colorado. ^[4]

Published Works

• Dancing on Edge: The McRedeye Poems (2019, Lithic Press) ISBN   978-1946583147
• Looking South to Lone Cone: The Cloud Acre Poems (2013, Western Eye Press) ISBN   978-0941283373
• As If The World Really Mattered (2007, La Alameda Press) ISBN   978-1888809497
• Altar of the Ordinary co-authored by Judyth Hill (1993, Yoo Hoo Press)
• Mushroom Cloud Redeye: A Rant (1990, Western Eye Press)
• Embracing the Earth (1984, Homeward Press)

Anthologies and Edited Collections

• Wildeor: The Wild Life and Living Legacy of Dave Foreman (2023, Essex Editions) ISBN   978-1733519045
• Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations: Vol. 1 (2021, Center for Humans and Nature Press) ISBN   978-1736862506
• MycoEpithalamia: Mushroom Wedding Poems (2016, Fungi Press) ISBN   978-0692756270
• The Geography of Hope: Poets of Colorado's Western Slope (1998, Conundrum Press) ISBN   978-0965715911
• Earth First! Campfire Poems (1998, Feral Press)
• Beloved of the Sky: Essays and Photographs on Clearcutting (1993, Broken Moon Press) ISBN   978-0913089385
• Wingbone: Poetry from Colorado (1986, Sudden Jungle Press) ISBN   978-0937567036

References

1. Feinstein, Mike (Fall 2009). "More Goodtimes in Colorado". Green Pages . Retrieved 18 June 2014.
2. "Art Goodtimes". Poets & Writers. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
3. "Colorado Poets Center : Art Goodtimes" . Retrieved 11 November 2012.
4. "San Miguel County District 3 Commissioner". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.