Michael Allyn Wells

" I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't rea...

In Kansas City, Missouri the Crossroads Art District has transformed vacated light business manufacturing structures into a thriving area....

A  Looking back on the year ending ....    We said Hello to :  Health Care Reform Inception Toy Story 3 Ipad Chevy Volt Groupons Gle...

First - Credit to Suzanne Frischkorn who posted this - which is where I originally found it. I love Handel's Messiah and in particula...

The other day I was talking with a co-worker and made the comment that back when I was in school a mouse was just a rodent. In reply she q...

After a two year absence from New York busses and subway, Poetry in Motion is returning. Poetry in Motion had been in opperation for 15 yea...

The Saturday Night Special is defined by Wikipedia as pejorative slang used in the United States and Canada for any inexpensive handgun...

Perhaps one aspect if poetry that rubs present day norms the wrong way is it generally requires us to exercise some degree of imagination. T...

I'm not posting my day 8 NaPoWriMo draft poem yet.... because it has yet to be drafted, but we are at day 8 of the month and blogger st...

mood: nonchalant listening to: nothing Yesterday, Laura Spencer with KCUR our local NPR affiliate did a really interesting interview with Ka...

Wine anyone? At left is a snapshot of a portion of an art piece that was done the the top raps of wine bottles the cover the corks. A grippi...

Dan Fogleberg, singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-roc...

I enjoyed these podcasts about MacDowell & MacAlford Colonies

Question? Should art be only for the elite or financially comfortable in society? Before you answer that question, read this article .

From NPR / "My mom played 'Poetry Man' a lot when I was a kid in the house. I mean, she played that album endlessly," say...

A New York Times article [ Poetry Prize Sets Off Resignations at Society ] details a controversy that has grown within the Poetry Society o...

Last night I attended a event at the Kansas City Public Library in with authors Shirley & Wayne Wiegand presented a factual account of a...

ei: Arab poetry's sometimes subversive answer to "American Idol" : "Perhaps the only thing that is as hard as translating...

Jilly presents an interesting take on the selection of poet laureates in the U.S. While this is not totally new information to me, she has ...

MND: News and Commentary Since 2001 » Poetry Amidst the Kultursmog: An Interview with David Yezzi. : "David Yezzi is Executive Editor o...