R. A. Pavoldi

Poet

Schenectady, NY

New York US

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Author's Bio

R.A. (Ron) Pavoldi is a lifelong writer and self trained poet writing over 50 years. He credits the concise, lyrical, "near Naples" Italian American dialect and School of Hard Knocks for his voice.

His poem Bone Street was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2025.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

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Ars Medica: A Journal of Medicine, the Arts, and Humanities

Atlanta Review

Blast Furnace

BLINK: A Little Magazine of Little Poems

Christian Science Monitor

Cold Mountain Review

Crab Orchard Review

Exquisite Corpse

Field

Hanging Loose

Hawai'i Pacific Review

Hudson Review

I-70 Review

Intima: Narrative Medicine

Italian Americana

Margie

North American Review

Sky Island Journal

Slipstream

Subnivean

Tar River Poetry

Viewless Wings

Prizes won:

Finalist: The St. Louis Poetry Center, 43rd Annual National Poetry Contest; entry: Fibonacci’s Number.

International Merit Award: Atlanta Review, International Poetry Competition 2005; entry: for Lorca and Pictures of a Sea.

Finalist: Atlanta Review, International Poetry Competition 2015; entry: Delta Sleep and The Physics of Fleeting.

International Merit Award: Atlanta Review, International Poetry Competition 2023; entry: The Big Bang Theory, FR232, Survivorship Bias, and Wonder of the Whales

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

Italian American

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Schenectady, NY

New York

Raised in:

Schenectady, NY

New York

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Last update: Oct 04, 2026