Fred Voss reads his poem, “A Foreman from Texas Wrote this Poem” from Shō No. 4.

Fred Voss has published four collections of poetry. The latest, SOMEDAY THERE WILL BE MACHINE SHOPS FULL OF POETRY, looks back on fifty years of working on machine-shop floors up and down the West Coast, and is available from Smokestack Books (UK). A book of his poetry translated into French is due soon from L’herbe qui tremble (Paris). A book of Selected Poems is forthcoming from Broken Sleep Books in 2026.