The Profound Works of CharlieFish Poetry

Poetry and art, taken from years of journaling, sketching in museums, walking through parks and gardens, and learning from inspired mentors all come together in Charlie Becker’s wonderful first collection. His poems remember best friends and partners, people in his family, teachers from his past and present, and individual moments where words hold feelings better than a photograph. Charlie’s drawings and poems offer the pleasures of friendships and nostalgia no matter where you might be.

A Poem's Medium is a collection of poems about art and how artwork (paintings, drawings, photos, sculptures) can inspire the writing of poetry.

Dodging Bullies is a collection of memoir poems, following a timeline from early childhood to old age, with special emphasis on the process of coming out throughout one's life.

Their Voices is a conversation across time, where Charlie Becker listens closely to the writers who shaped him and answers back in poems. Rooted in a lifelong kinship with LGBTQ+ literary ancestors, this collection explores identity, art, and becoming with both playfulness and resolve. Becker delights in the "un-humdrum'd," transforming the everyday into something charged and alive. From the curious magic and steady pulse of these poems, Charlie invites readers to think about thinking itself and to recognize the boundless, world-altering power of voices that have too often lived at the margins.

He Dances in His Wheelchair, is a concentrically designed and embracingly choreographed chapbook of love poems about a life partner. It offers everyone a guide for the journey of living with and loving someone who is differently abled, proudly Black, and wildly health challenged. Each word in this collection of poems means to be accessible, personal, and inclusive.