Poets

Peter Halstead

Peter Halstead is a pianist, photographer, novelist, and poet. His five-volume piano series, The Himalaya Sessions, can be found here, and e-books of his Himalayan photographs can be found here. Bug the Great is the first volume of his novel.

He has published:
Tippet Rise: Beginnings, Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation, Montana
Tippet Rise, Princeton Architectural Press, Hudson, NY, 2018
A Winter Ride, Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation, Montana, 2018
Brahms in the Mountains
Beethoven’s Tempest

As well as 23 volumes of poetry:
Sea Sun, 2003, Vol. 1
Sublimation, 2019, Vol. 2
The World Luciferined, 2022, Vol. 3
Paris Poems I, 2022, Vol. 8
Paris Poems II, 2022, Vol. 9 Eyes as Light as Light: Poems for Cathy, 2024, Vol. 10
Kid Poems, Vol. 11 (unreleased)
Fluorescence (with Mark di Suvero), Littoral Press, 2016, Vol. 12
Morning, 2026, Vol. 13
Blinds, 2009, Vol. 14
Poems of Earth, 2017, Vol. 15
Face Your Dreams, 2017, Vol. 16
Postcard Poems, 2019, Vol. 17
Poems 2015–2017, Vol. 18
Poems 2019–2022, Vol. 19
Castaways: Poems 2022–2023, Vol. 20
Sunrise at the Equinox: Poems 2023–2024, Vol. 21
North Castle: Woods, 2026, Vol. 22
How the Lines Enchant: Poems July 2025 – May 2026, 2026, Vol. 23

Peter studied piano with Russell Sherman in Boston and Irma Wolpe in New York and organ with Charles Courboin at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York.