Latest Happenings
April 26th, 2012 - because I still don't get e. e. cummings featured at myhero.com for National Poetry Month.
November 15th, 2011 - blue sluice featured by Beccalicious on deviantART.com.
February 7th, 2011 - Featured in deviantART.com's The A,B,C's of Literature: Q by the-photographicpoet.
January 10th, 2011 - a poem from a well bottom featured by nycterent on deviantART.com.
December 2008 - "poet show" was published in UNC Charlotte's Sanskrit, vol. 39, pg. 19.
2008 - Poem "profanity" was published by Black Book Press.
Author Archives: Mikey
Words and No Pictures
So after a brief apology for trying to kill her—and this is by no means a guarantee that I won’t try again—we were back on our way, exploring a new world together. It’s… different. The place the story began and the place that it went were both surprises, and I think that’s important. That’s the exciting part about writing for me. To relentlessly plot something is to remove from it the joy of discovery.
The Meritocracy of Tiny Tower
At least we aren’t beholden to some dictator who’ll immediately evict anyone whose dream isn’t to fill the opening at the Mexican restaurant.
New House, Old House
For those few who may have been concerned about my near-complete absence from the blog, rest assured that I have not fallen off the face of the earth as reported. I’m still clinging desperately to the edge of it, which as it turns out is somewhere around N 28th and Decatur, not too far past the 7-Eleven.
Posted in Life, Other Reviews, Work
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The Unsimple Responsibility of Parenthood
The merits of raising a child, like most things, should be based upon how well that job is done. I don’t understand the notion that childbirth carries some sort of inherent nobility with it, or that it somehow transforms ignorant people into bastions of wisdom.
Driving: Sometimes Painful
The first two days had their trials, but also their glories. The car is so tightly packed that comfort is an impossibility, and our itinerary requires a drive of between 7 to 9 hours each day, but we’ve gotten to see a lot of gorgeous countryside, including a heavily snow-laden Grapevine as the car chugged its way into southern California, which was a pretty sight indeed, and one I’ve certainly never seen before.
History and Deviation
After 7 years of being a part of deviantART, I received my first Daily. You can read the poem here. nycterent‘s description of it humbled me. Also, there’s something in here about rancid hamburger and banana salad. I don’t know. It’s late.
Posted in Life, Work
Tagged banana hamburger, cogs, daily deviations, deviantART, machines, walnut prawns
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New Things
It begins with a song and ends abruptly, almost frustratingly, being jarring in that “right” way which only makes sense when you are so entranced as to forget the end will come as soon as it does, close the cover while wishing that there was more, and still manage to avoid feeling shortchanged as you place it back upon the shelf.
(Late) Christmas Greetings & Loot Lists
Loot includes: a stack of beautiful books that reaches several feet into the air, the 2010 anthology of Best American Comics, my personal Holy Grail: copy 257 of the extremely limited, entirely too expensive first and only edition of Melinda by author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Dagmara Matuszak, and an ungodly pile of coffee and tea that should keep me caffeinated enough to work well into the wee hours during the long nights ahead.