Michael Allyn Wells

I read two blog posts today that touched on poetry contests and I noted a similar view help by two people who have been contest judges and...

The other day I posted a quotation that I came across via a tweet by Terresa that struck me profoundly.  The quote I posted here on Thursd...

"The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantiling of wisdom."  - Jacques Lacan Thanks to Terresa who ...

Over the years I've come across a few people... some contemporaries, others from the past that own a collection of thoughts, of sayings ...

    I love this quote from Merwin… it’s sort of how I see poetry. A poem can be the link between another place or time. It’s a stone. ...

The other night, I noted a quote by Laurie Sheck and then headed off to bed to contemplate her words. I'll repeat them here now. "...

While reading yesterday I discovered an interesting sentence attributed to the poet William Stafford from his journal writings. The entry in...

The connection between music and poetry is the topic of a blog post yesterday by Kelli Russell Agodon. It's worth taking a moment to r...

I filled up my gas tank yesterday. I didn’t like it, but we are a mobile society and I do have to get to and from work. I heard the cost of ...

I've been reading some material from several sources on the subject of duende . I find myself transfixed the concept of this sort of ant...