Empty Bowl, paperback
Publication Date: April 21, 2026
Publisher Marketing: Knot House brings together a generous selection from four earlier volumes of Charles Goodrich’s poetry, along with thirty new poems. Readers discovering his work for the first time will feel they’ve met a new friend, while those familiar with his work will revel in finding fresh aspects to this multilayered poet. At the heart of Knot House is a quest for a deeper sense of community with the land, the weather, the waters, and the creatures of Goodrich’s chosen home in Corvallis, Oregon. Sly, quirky, and infused with wry humor and a contrarian spirit, Goodrich’s poems reveal what Thich Nhat Hanh calls “interbeing,” the interwoven interdependence of all beings. With their nuanced and varied themes of building and making a home, love of family, and kinship with all creatures, these poems are, in Clem Starck’s words, “the musings of a latter-day Zen gardener.”
