New release April 2024

 Currently #9 on Amazon's Best Seller list!!!!!

I am proud to announce that my newest book is now available on the publisher's website.  This collection will have an international distribution and will be available from all major outlets soon.

 The cover of my newest book, coming soon

 For Mom

Life’s breezes

blow less

gently now,

and across

a noticeably

emptier

landscape.

From the forthcoming book "The Sounds a Shadow Makes"

 

Jack-in-the-box

 

We slowly, dutifully

Turn the handle of life,

One eye open

For anticipated surprises,

On edge,

Waiting for the jack-in-the-box

Of our efforts,

Only to conclude

That the lid

Has been sealed all along,

And our turning and expectations

Have revealed a different sort of clown

-From Scribbled Lines

 

The Sounds a Shadow Makes

 

The whines and the wails

Are suppressed, concealed in darkness..

From the shadows comes the sound

Of camouflaged cries,

Unseen suffering from unknown depths,

Disguised despair in black attire,

Wishes manifest as whispers

Where there is no salvation in the silence…

There is a beautiful painful symphony

Played on instruments of torment

From the fringes of the blackness

From the upcoming book The Sounds a Shadow Makes (Copyright 2023)

Soulmates, Daughters, and the Spirit in the Urn

 This collection was my second chapbook.  The central theme is looking at relationships in a different way, in an honest, objective, observational way.  This includes family, romantic relationships, and even reflecting on relationships with those who have departed.

Random Roadside Cemetery

"Random Roadside Cemetery" is my first collection of poetry, published as a chapbook.  The book was inspired by my younger daughter on a long Sunday drive.  It was sewn together from a decade of thoughts written down on post-it notes, legal pads, business cards...The central idea is that life is a puzzle that we never solve, and while trying to solve it, it passes us by.

 

Greetings to everyone.  This page is just under construction, but I hope to find the time to dedicate to its completion and maintenance.  

This is my first large collection of poetry, which is due to drop around mid-February.  It is published by Kelsay Books, and I hope that anyone who is interested in the art of poetry and the world of poets will decide to pick it up and share their thoughts.

It has been a thought of mine for some time to step out of literary isolation and connect with others who cannot experience the world without a unique literary articulation to mark the moments.

All my best,

Michael