Michael Allyn Wells

Dear Reader: It's been two snow & ice storms, four poems submitted to one venue, plane tickets to AWP19 bought,  more presidential...

In 2011 I decided to compile a list of poets that were at the time prime on my list people doing excitable work. I believe that first year...

If you are looking for poets to read this summer I offer you my 2015 Poets Crush List.  These are poets who I presently cannot get enough ...

During this past week Kelli Russell Agodon got a lot of traction with an article she wrote that appeared in Medium. The piece was titled, S...

When I get a headache I take two aspirin and  keep away from children, just like the bottle says. Dear Reader: Had I not had a splitti...

Interview of Kelli Russell Agodon by Michael Allyn Wells – February 14, 2014 I’d like to welcome poet Kelli Russell Agodon the a...

It has seemed to me that I probably read more women poets then men. I thought I would explore that possibility by pulling a random sampl...

~ Book of Kells: Holiday Gift Guide: Poetry Book Edition (even if you don't write poetry, you can read poetry) Excellent gift ideas f...

Just finished mowing the front lawn. Came in with a diet coke - sweating and here I sit at my laptop and realizing it's just past 1PM ...

#links When I think of rejection two things initially come to my mind... a child showing something to a parent, a teacher or some other ...

I want to give a shout out to Doug and Jalene Berger for the Third Friday Open Mics at Crossroads Coffee House in the Crossroads Arts D...

The humidity is pretty overwhelming here today. Barry and I went for a walk a while ago and I was jealous of the people at the Disk Golf co...

Congratulations to Kelli Russell Agodon - one of her poems from her new book - Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room was selected for Poe...

My copy of Letters From The Emily Dickinson Room arrived in the mail. I cannot be disturbed!

Yesterday morning as I was leaving for work I was greeted by geese.  We have a baseball field directly across the street from us and during ...

Kelly Russell Agodon is among my favorite poets writing today. Certainly her writing is a big part of the reason ( I frequently return to h...

Poetry / Around and about: Kelli Russell Agodon leads discussion on the topic "What constitutes a good poem?" in a Field'...

I’m excited for Kelli Agodon - winner of the White Pine Poetry Book Prize! The judge for this year was Carl Dennis , poet who wrote Practi...

More interesting stuff around the blogosphere: * John Sutherland's list of the 10 Top Literary Virgins. Come now, how can he be certai...

I've been exploring this morning the impact blogging has had on my life as a poet. Which has brought me to a realization that it is diff...