Ann E Michael
@aempoet.bsky.social
#poet --Poet, retired academic writing coach, gardener, blogger.
Three books of poetry, 6 chapbooks: www.annemichael.blog
Not ambitious. Curious about the world. Working on being more of a mensch.
Three books of poetry, 6 chapbooks: www.annemichael.blog
Not ambitious. Curious about the world. Working on being more of a mensch.
February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Larch cones wearing snow hats.
#stillwinter
#stillwinter
February 16, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Larch cones wearing snow hats.
#stillwinter
#stillwinter
WordPeace journal issue on home, place, displacement. #poetry
This poem of mine is based on Celestino Cavalli's work of installation art along the passo della morte in Italy. Please check out the link to his work at the close of this poem.
wordpeace.co/ann-e-michael/
This poem of mine is based on Celestino Cavalli's work of installation art along the passo della morte in Italy. Please check out the link to his work at the close of this poem.
wordpeace.co/ann-e-michael/
Ann E. Michael
Passo della MorteBecause we must hide by dayand travel at night, darkness hinders.The narrow stony trail offers options:turned ankles, torn skin, or precipicethat takes us sliding down the mountain…
wordpeace.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
WordPeace journal issue on home, place, displacement. #poetry
This poem of mine is based on Celestino Cavalli's work of installation art along the passo della morte in Italy. Please check out the link to his work at the close of this poem.
wordpeace.co/ann-e-michael/
This poem of mine is based on Celestino Cavalli's work of installation art along the passo della morte in Italy. Please check out the link to his work at the close of this poem.
wordpeace.co/ann-e-michael/
More blogging, this time about how poetry is difficult.
#poetry #blog #cuba #repatriation
annemichael.blog/2026/02/03/u...
#poetry #blog #cuba #repatriation
annemichael.blog/2026/02/03/u...
Unlovely drafts
Well, I have been writing. But less about the current wintry days than I expected, because of the online poetry seminar I’m taking. One recent prompt in Anita Skeen’s workshop involves …
annemichael.blog
February 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
More blogging, this time about how poetry is difficult.
#poetry #blog #cuba #repatriation
annemichael.blog/2026/02/03/u...
#poetry #blog #cuba #repatriation
annemichael.blog/2026/02/03/u...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
January 20, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Wendell Berry and the nurture of the earth.
#blog #poetry #environment #wendellberry
annemichael.blog/2026/01/12/u...
#blog #poetry #environment #wendellberry
annemichael.blog/2026/01/12/u...
Unsettling
We got some rain on Saturday, which we’ve needed, and dismal cold rainy January days are perfect for settling down with a book. I’m reading The Unsettling of America, Culture & Agri…
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January 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Wendell Berry and the nurture of the earth.
#blog #poetry #environment #wendellberry
annemichael.blog/2026/01/12/u...
#blog #poetry #environment #wendellberry
annemichael.blog/2026/01/12/u...
Reposted by Ann E Michael
The weirdest thing about Americans is how many of them think their laws apply to every person in the world.
But they're certain other countries' laws don't apply to them.
But they're certain other countries' laws don't apply to them.
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 AM
The weirdest thing about Americans is how many of them think their laws apply to every person in the world.
But they're certain other countries' laws don't apply to them.
But they're certain other countries' laws don't apply to them.
January 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Culture, play, words, and poetry. In which I thank a (late) professor who taught me when I was a college freshman.
#blog
#poems
#huizinga
#play
annemichael.blog/2025/12/27/p...
#blog
#poems
#huizinga
#play
annemichael.blog/2025/12/27/p...
Play’s the thing
My freshman humanities professor, the brilliant, late Larry Fuchsberg, assigned Johan Huizinga’s The Waning of the Middle Ages as one of the texts for our course…an unusual choice for A…
annemichael.blog
December 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Culture, play, words, and poetry. In which I thank a (late) professor who taught me when I was a college freshman.
#blog
#poems
#huizinga
#play
annemichael.blog/2025/12/27/p...
#blog
#poems
#huizinga
#play
annemichael.blog/2025/12/27/p...
December 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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