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Empty nest

Jun18 by Ann E. Michael

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3 comments on “Empty nest”

  1. Marilyn Hazelton's avatar Marilyn Hazelton says:
    June 18, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    achingly love, Ann . . .

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    • Ann E. Michael's avatar Ann E. Michael says:
      June 19, 2012 at 9:00 am

      Thank you.

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  2. Ann Murphy's avatar gaiamethod says:
    June 19, 2012 at 7:05 am

    The trials of parenthood. Beautiful image. My house has an empty room too…mine.

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A: Please, buy some books!

  • Water-Rites, a collection of poems (2012) by Ann E. Michael
  • The Capable Heart, Small Things Rise & Go; FootHills chapbooks by Ann E. Michael
  • Cadence of Hooves: A Celebration of Horses (poetry anthology)
  • Strange Ladies, a chapbook of poems
  • Barefoot Girls–chapbook (2020)
  • Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania; ed. Marjorie Maddox and Jerry Wemple
  • Abundance/Diminishment, Kelsay Books (2024)
  • My Amazon author page
  • I Have My Own Song for It: Modern Poets of Ohio
  • More Than Shelter chapbook by Ann E. Michael
  • The Red Queen Hypothesis & other poems
  • Highland Park Poetry "Road Trips" anthology
  • Birdsong Anthology: Poems in Celebration of Birds
  • The Minor Fauna, chapbook by Ann E. Michael
  • Common Wealth: An anthology of Pennsylvania Poets

B: Ann E. Michael: poems, links

  • Three ekphrastic poems, Unleash Lit
  • "Patchwork," a cadralor poem in Gleam no. 9
  • Two poems in North of Oxford
  • Poem in Juniper
  • Poem in One Art
  • Mother-Rhythms essay
  • Peacock Journal: three poems by Ann E. Michael
  • Two poems in River Heron Review
  • "The Birthmark" (a poem)
  • Dave Bonta reviews "The Capable Heart"
  • "Domum [domi contineris]," a poem about home, appears in Viral Imaginations
  • "Assurances" — flash fiction piece
  • Review of Barefoot Girls chapbook
  • A haibun in Drifting Sands, see p. 21
  • Two poems in Mezzo Cammin's Summer 2025 issue
  • Essay in PQ: "Is Poetry Therapeutic?"
  • Two of my poems in Sierra Nevada Review
  • "This Poem Is Not Out to Offend Anyone."
  • Two poems in Inlandia journal
  • Seven poems featured in Syzygy Journal
  • My poem "The Poets of Miami Beach"
  • "Syntax & Event Horizon"
  • "Tekton" poem, in The Ekphrastic Review
  • Three poems in SNReview
  • "Fevered" in Philadelphia Stories
  • Interview with Ian Haight, by Ann E. Michael
  • BCTV interview with Ann E. Michael–Poet's Pause
  • Interview: Ann E. Michael (Highland Park Poetry, Jennifer Dotson)
  • "Eel River Meditation" in Streetlight Magazine
  • "Markings," a poem–Wild Goose Poetry Review, spring 2018
  • "Unwelcome" –poem in One Art Journal of Poetry
  • Three of my poems appear in Pensive (see p 195)
  • Poem for my Father: "Arc of the Moral Universe, Bending toward Justice"
  • "Verge & Exodus," a poem
  • Still more poetry in Umbrella Journal
  • "Love Descends on Me" in About Place: Practices of Hope
  • "Small Rocks." One Art.
  • Two poems in Loch Raven Review
  • Antiphon poetry magazine #17: A poem of mine on page 21
  • Two short poems in Amazine
  • Ekphrastic review: My haibun about a Buddhist stele
  • VirtualArtistsCollective review of Water-Rites
  • "Beauty in Failure," a poem about 18th-c naturalist John Bartram
  • My poem "The Cockroaches"–with a baritone audio reading…
  • Poem in HelenLitMag
  • Bookends Review–Ian Haight interviews me about humanities, arts residencies, AI and poetry
  • My article on university libraries (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
  • Two poems in Poemeleon's "Truth/y" issue (2020)
  • Passo della Morte in WordPeace
  • Interview in Inflectionist Review
  • Poem in Umbrella Journal: "Wondrous Strange" theme
  • A cadralor poem in Gleam 8.
  • Poem "Zen Gold"
  • The Ekphrastic Review, a poem I wrote on a Remedios Varo painting
  • "The Swimmer" –a poem in SVJA
  • "Come In!" (poem, in Glint Lit. Jnl)
  • "Just Call Me Mom" 2001 newspaper column
  • My poem "Readiness" in Amazine
  • Poem in qarrtsiluni (with audio!)
  • Review of Water-Rites by Brian Fanelli (Pank magazine)
  • Four poems in EIL
  • Women's Poetry Timeline entry: Nansorhon (Korean poet)
  • "The Turquoise Urn" in Two Hawks Quarterly
  • My essay on reviewing 'experimental' poetry
  • "Flurries" in Blood Tree Literature
  • "Depth Cognition" in ballast 1.2
  • Three poems in Verse-Virtual
  • "Bright Satellite" appearing in A Quiet Courage online
  • Poem in qarrtsiluni (with audio!)
  • Poem in About Place "trees" theme issue.
  • My Pushcart-nominated cadralor poem in Gleam:Journal of the Cadralor
  • The Triggering Tune: Springsteen Songs as “Places” of Inspiration for Poetry
  • prose poem in Spoon River Poetry Review
  • Two poems in Kosmos Journal
  • My Christopher Smart tribute "In Jubilate Pueris" (qarrtsiluni's Imitation-themed issue) with audio
  • A Haibun in CHO
  • Review & Interview: Barefoot Girls, on Lesley Wheeler's Virtual Salon
  • "Sins of Omission" CMR's Justice issue
  • Poems in Mezzo Cammin vol. 3
  • "If Only" in Painted Bride Qtly
  • Poem in qarrtsiluni (also with audio!)
  • 2006 newspaper article about Ann E. Michael
  • "Horsewomen" (this poem appears in The Capable Heart)
  • Poems in Umbrella Journal
  • Dawn Leas reviews Water-Rites in PQ
  • Three poems in Verse-Virtual
  • ChillSubs author page
  • Prose poem "Exploratory Mechanisms" in Spoon River Review
  • "Siren for Somebody Else"
  • "Along the Byways" in Poetry as Promised
  • Antiphon Issue 22, in which two of my poems appear
  • Five poems in Mezzo Cammin
  • "Snow on Annie's Painting"
  • "Luna, Paloma" from Abundance/Diminishment
  • "Passover" in One Art
  • Poem in Independent Variable
  • poem, "A Fine Strange Thing"@ One Art
  • Poem in Carbon Culture Review
  • "Wet Summers" prose poem in River Heron Review
  • "Gratitude" poem in Barren Magazine
  • Editor's Choice award, Sheila-na-gig,my poem "Grieving Man"
  • Four poems in Lothlorien
  • "Deity's Diary" in Braided Way
  • Four poems at Quill & Parchment
  • "The Journalist" in Philadelphia Stories
  • Childhood dreams (2001 newspaper column essay)
  • Two poems in The Pine Cone Review
  • "Plague Morning" in Global Poemic
  • Poets & Writers directory listing
  • "Bach & Birdsong" in Spring 2024 of Gyroscope Review
  • "Claims She Makes" –poem in AntiHeroinChic
  • Poem for Saint Agnes in Cider Press Review
  • Red-Eared Sliders poem in Red Eft Review
  • ONE ART journal's "In a Nutshell" micro-poems online anthology
  • A poem in Red Eft Review
  • "Interpreting the Conversation…" Stick Figure Poetry
  • Poets of Miami Beach: an environmental poem
  • "Brief History of Kyiv" in Scoundrel Time
  • "About Reverence" in About Place journal
  • "Tulips for Barbara" and audiofile@ The Maynard
  • "Settle into Joy" poem at Highland Park Poetry
  • Poems in Mezzo Cammin vol. 2
  • An explication of my poem "River by River"
  • "Everyday Syntax" in Country Dog Review
  • Prose poem in Prairie Schooner online
  • "Cup of Reeling" in WORDPEACE

C: Reviews

  • I review R.S. Gwynn's collection Dogwatch
  • My review of Robin Kemp's "This Pagan Heaven"
  • My review of April Lindner's 2012 book in Fox Chase Review
  • My review of Zara Raab's "Swimming the Eel"
  • My review of Alfred Encarnacion's book "The Outskirts of Karma"
  • My review of Ren Powell's "Impermanence"– in Poemeleon
  • Review of Georgiou's Rhapsody of the Naked Immigrants
  • Review of Linnea Johnson's Augury
  • I review Thomas Lux's 'Child Made of Sand'
  • My review of poetry collections by D. Finnell and J. Thomas

D: Websites of interest & videos to check out

  • Glossary of Linguistic Terms
  • Curious biological and botanical nomenclature
  • Brick Road Poetry Press at P & W
  • Mushroom Expert: Glossary of Mycological Terms
  • Poetry reading: Grant Clauser and I read for Head for the Hills poetry
  • Lesley Wheeler's blog
  • Moving Poems: Videopoetry on the web!

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