Michael Allyn Wells

The sun (if I remember correctly) is screaming through my studio blinds. I'm having  eggs and maple flavored sausage for breakfast while...

After a couple days of rain and overcast skies our closest star the Sun has been located. This is of comfort. The air remains a bit chil...

Went for an exercise walk and ran across this snake skin left behind. I know there is a poem there somewhere. Am I lame or what?  I could...

It was take it or lose it time for vacation so I took a vacation day.  This afternoon I did a  double platelet donation at the blood center...

  This morning I put on a play list of music that I've made specifically to write by. The first notable impact was that time became irre...

Dreams are connected circuits—   a marriage of fantasy and authenticity;   of fright and quietude.

It's Sunday night - 11:30ish and that's me on the left. Ok, maybe not but that's how I feel. It's been a long day and a long...

A rejection letter for 3 poems.   :( Word of the day - dysgraphia. Bad news nearly always follows when dys- begins a word, and so it does ...

This morning I was driving I-70 into the city - Cathy is working crosswords and comes upon a clue:  Versifier.  She cracks up when she reali...

It’s cool here today. Not unpleasantly so, but it is a sign of things to come. I made a pot of chili for lunch. It seemed like a good d...

So I've just finished posting today's poem on Poetry Asides written from the prompt for the day: So We Decided To (blank).  This is ...

After an uneventful flight last night (the best kind) I arrived in Phoenix and was met by my daughter Meghan, with dog in tow. Said dog has ...

  At the left is a maple flavored coffee drink that I indulged in while back  at a poetry reading/book signing event. I think maple has to b...

Yesterday afternoon I stopped by Boarders Books in northland to see local poet Rebecca Stallard read from her new book of poetry and and sig...

Patting myself on the back for submitting work to a venue I've never tried before. More because I submitted than anything else. Last yea...