Michael Allyn Wells

Yesterday I was not feeling well. I did not write. Did not read. Did not make an appearance at the WP Open Mic.

When no other words will do.

HOLLYWOOD has been boosting sales in a very unlikely area: poetry books. Sales of two poetry books, one by Elizabeth Bishop and another by...

"A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote." ~Yevgeny Yentushenko, The Sole Survivor, 1982 I'...

As I was journaling this morning, an idea came to me that I was intrigued by. I was thinking about all the drafts of poems that I have start...

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." ~Thornton Wilder

KC Metro Verse - celebrated Thanksgiving at the WriterHouse last night. Seen at the left, Pat Berge (squinting from the reflection) is show...