This is the part I hate, I would rather suffer
Shakspeare's slings and arrows, than post a biography
of myself but, here it goes: My favorite female poet is Sylvia Plath and my favorite male is Dylan Thomas,
I also favor Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Percy
Bysshe Shelley. As my birth-date reads I'm turning 51
this month and well, before I'm worm food I thought I
would test the waters of the world wide web... I'm a
whole lot new on the internet, as I always thought it
a very incapable speaking tool, yet now I know different. I preform and recite my poetry in several
coffee houses and have (self-published three books of poetry, I also studied and teach poetry at college as
that is where I learned about the net. I am also my own
worse critic as I take to my craft seriously (sometimes
too much) . I look forward to reading new material as I
adventure across the ever widening web. Your friend
Andrew Michaels
Oh! How long shall I wait for thee
How long this cold winter night
How deep the snow upon the ground
This blanket covers soft and white
...
she could not save the morning-light
not the cold world made with pain
not for the penny's worth of pride
...
he's a street poet all over again
knowing the hardness of pain
his wisdom is in this sad refrain:
...
i don't want to play/stay out in left field
the ball never comes my way
i don't want to learn in school
the rules get all the say
...
Let me tell you love's every thing
Let me fulfill your heart's desire
You say you want to hear an angel sing
You want to taste the enchanting fire
...