Michael Barnes Mar 17 Down the Shore For meters on end the air hustles to a stop, a hurried silence on a walk. I pass a tree-- each leaf rustles in my passing tinkering off...
Michael Barnes Feb 19 A Wolf and The Sheep In speaking of things lost, I believe that I once believed, And I will believe again, In myself. We cannot go so far from home That there...
Michael Barnes Jan 11 Humanism Concerned with what I'm compelled by Me, human, from the hands of God commanded, A bundle of tendencies, a bale of habits, I lean when I...
Michael Barnes Jan 5 Always Just Begun Your love is a financial burden-- When you hear those words You know the strain between your ears Is not just a chainsaw in the distance....
Michael Barnes Dec 5, 2020 You Can't Take It With You You can't take it with you Into the next round These friends you've made These lives you've led These truths you spun, and wove into a...
Michael Barnes Nov 17, 2020 Early On You We will all our heads look sunk and strange once we're in the ground, so while we are above it best we keep them on our shoulders. Cool...
Michael Barnes Oct 20, 2020 A Changing Light Decay disguised as beauty crept under the facade of the autumnal equinox it’s more common, i find that with growth comes death, a...
Michael Barnes Aug 26, 2020 I Used To Write I used to write in scribbled words in warring fits in twitch-prodigeous nueron flits a passion mixed with madness fixed on changing my...
Michael Barnes Aug 7, 2020 Slathered Thru the Slats At night thoughts aggregate in the brain like a pool of water in the left hand corner of that dark space beneath the sink. am I a Charlie...
Michael Barnes Jul 14, 2020 Click It is a mindless transport aubducting me from my spot. Take my mind and insert it where yours has been. All of you are my makers— think...
Michael BarnesDown the ShoreFor meters on end the air hustles to a stop, a hurried silence on a walk. I pass a tree-- each leaf rustles in my passing tinkering off...
Michael BarnesA Wolf and The SheepIn speaking of things lost, I believe that I once believed, And I will believe again, In myself. We cannot go so far from home That there...
Michael BarnesHumanismConcerned with what I'm compelled by Me, human, from the hands of God commanded, A bundle of tendencies, a bale of habits, I lean when I...
Michael BarnesAlways Just BegunYour love is a financial burden-- When you hear those words You know the strain between your ears Is not just a chainsaw in the distance....
Michael BarnesYou Can't Take It With YouYou can't take it with you Into the next round These friends you've made These lives you've led These truths you spun, and wove into a...
Michael BarnesEarly On YouWe will all our heads look sunk and strange once we're in the ground, so while we are above it best we keep them on our shoulders. Cool...
Michael BarnesA Changing LightDecay disguised as beauty crept under the facade of the autumnal equinox it’s more common, i find that with growth comes death, a...
Michael BarnesNovember 2 by Ray MullineauxTomorrow, remembrance of dad’s passing; this morning, the sunlight streaming across the gingko leaves loosens the frost’s hold to free...
Michael BarnesI Used To WriteI used to write in scribbled words in warring fits in twitch-prodigeous nueron flits a passion mixed with madness fixed on changing my...
Michael BarnesSlathered Thru the SlatsAt night thoughts aggregate in the brain like a pool of water in the left hand corner of that dark space beneath the sink. am I a Charlie...
Michael BarnesClickIt is a mindless transport aubducting me from my spot. Take my mind and insert it where yours has been. All of you are my makers— think...
Michael BarnesOwn the DayToo many hours own the day. To do the things I wish to do, I make a list called “things to do,” and I become spoiled for choice and...
Michael BarnesMulti Verse Poetry Podcast 3I read three poems that I have written and I break em down for ya'. - The Middle Ground Of Lore - A Rainbow Above A Gravestone - There Is...
Michael BarnesMulti Verse Poetry Podcast 2In this episode I read 3 poems and muse on various topics surrounding their creation. Pop-quiz hotshot! How long do you think it took me...
Michael BarnesAmid A Dreary VisageBe free and so your will Until upon the puzzle we, Destined to be fused Between nature and its image, Blending all the light that’s seen...
Michael BarnesMulti Verse Poetry Podcast 1The first installment of my new podcast. I read 3 poems for you, speak on them a bit, and I even play a little Chopin for all you...
Michael BarnesPhantom ItchIn forced laughter a noticeable weight my knees, buckle my belt, stretches my shoes, sopped in sweat my biceps, twitch my mouth, crushes...
Michael BarnesSense for Good”Everything’s gonna make sense one day,” I tell her. “One day, it will all be okay,” “That’s a nice thought,” she says, even though I...
Michael Barnes2019All this time Life appears to be not so much about achieving heaven but keeping hell at bay. I’ve seen that I’m pushed along by the urge...
Michael BarnesIrish NihilismI went to see a flick to ease the doldroms of the day, life is mainly nothingness and finding things to say. I figured my position on the...
Michael BarnesIn Favor of a Lesser HellI'll take a great view over money or accolades any day of the week. A wide view from a bridge stopped at a light, a thousand meters to...
Michael BarnesWalking BackwardsWalking backwards, once done for so long, makes walking forwards unfamiliar. Steps do not come naturally, jerky, funky, breathing even...
Michael BarnesDouble Yellow LineA new fountain to gather round a new well from which to draw up a bucket, lower it down pull up water for your life. So a gadget saved...
Michael BarnesA Rocking HorseA rocking horse lightly sawdusted stained red and smelling of cedar, I study the edge of a line and determine the next cut by considering...