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D. M. D. Goodhead

D. M. D. Goodhead. has a Bachelors in literature from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the University of Washington. He won third place in the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright literary competition in 1999. He will be concluding his Ph.D. in literary theory and criticism in June 2008. In addition to theory and criticism, Goodhead's other areas of interest are African and African Diaspora Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Theatre and moviemaking.

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The light-hearted day drummed its way

     across the mighty savanna of the sky.

The earth rumbled with the gritty labor

     of the fabled fellow of animal town...


Christal Marie - A Poem by D.M.D. Goodhead

We saw your name,

Your name, your name, your name,

Lovely C. Marie, on a banner

Stretching as far as the Serengeti plains

C. Marie, Pacific Region Freshman of the Year.

C. Marie, star fire of the sky of the Pacific Northwest...


When Love is a Raw Country - Poems by DMD Goodhead

We dream of beauty, we dream of joy,

We dream of life becoming a multitude

Of complexities, joy flowing into beauty,

Flowing into the vast expanse of our lives...




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