Michael Grodesky
Poetry and Photography
The great philosopher Pythagoras was once asked if he were a wise man. He is said to have answered humbly, “I am a lover of wisdom.” In that spirit, I would like to say that I am a lover of poetry and photography and consider myself students of both. l Grodesky is a poet and photographer whose second chapbook, Absence On Water, was recently released by Bottlecap Press. His poems have also appeared Cathexis Northwest, BlazeVOX, Stepping Stones and also in Urban Textures, a collection of photography and poetry published with his husband, photographer Jim Simandl. In 2021, he self-published his first chapbook Dissimilation. He lives in Seattle where he is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Washington.