Michele McDannold's Blog, page 7
April 3, 2016
on becoming a grandmother
those things so sacred we struggle to put words to them. i am most definitely, instantly and irrevocably mesmerized by this little person. if i were trying to explain to a parent maybe..something like when you give birth to your own child. but it’s well beyond even. when you’ve spent your entire adult life–the past…
February 17, 2016
And go down, in your own way
love is the X factor you can’t fuck with feel more stockholm folding into a space guaranteed w/answers ask questions i can complicate
January 29, 2016
Horror, Sleaze, Trash
delighted to have some of my newer work published in the ever-entertaining HORROR, SLEAZE, TRASH. please check it out. http://www.horrorsleazetrash.com/unca... Michele McDannold is the author of Stealing the Midnight from a Handful of Days, a book of poetry available from PUNK HOSTAGE PRESS. She was the Editor-in-Chief at Red Fez Publications for five years and…
January 27, 2016
January 19, 2016
a simple solution to a thing that really makes some literary/book/arts awards kind of suck balls, okay. sorry..
it’s not that i don’t think these institutions aren’t well-meaning.. that those recognized with awards, aren’t well-deserving.. simply that’s it’s a reward system that does bear some weight in reaching a larger audience, bears weight on the likelihood to encounter other opportunities with an actual pay scale and other supports for your art. with that…
January 18, 2016
purposeful interaction theory
soon the day comes in the cold air now prepped for a storm the trucks gathering anything left not dead dies soon they close at sunset & all the whole day is gloom inside impending clouds long after the train, the wind trails gone into a tunnel who is to say how long these signs…
January 6, 2016
it’s gonna be a cold day
the winter wears on i’m getting fat & you are getting mean there is no dog to hunt or even sleep at the foot of the bed there lies only a dream when will the sun shine again Michele McDannold is the author of Stealing the Midnight from a Handful of Days, a book of…
December 31, 2015
love story resolutions
when she figures out it’s not a love story– let her go. regret is for the moon dust she leaves behind somewhere there in the days you spent akin to the last rays at sunset to the kiss that lasted all the hours.. Michele McDannold is the author of Stealing the Midnight from a Handful…
December 30, 2015
A Little Help From Grover’s Friends/NYE blow off the motherfucking roof reading/performance who knows get there, yeah.
about a month ago, a good friend of mine, a poet/editor/publisher/organizer that i greatly admire, a person that has been instrumental to inspiring my path in the poeting world..had an ultrasound that detected a growth on his liver. since then, he’s been very ill, unable to work, and unfortunately–doctors have confirmed that Michael has cancer.…
