Margaret Anna Alice Through the Looking Glass
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A Bridge over Troubled Water (opens the original)
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Ekphrastic Poem: Curtains (Video: 9/27/26) (opens the original)
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Note: Special gratitude to Talent Gallery artist Jolene Monheim for filming my reading as a last-minute request. I had asked her to get a couple photos for this post, and she graciously offered to film it.Ekphrastic Poetry ReadingThe Talent GallerySeptember 27, 2026Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in The Talent Gallery’s ekphrast
Memes by Themes #27: Lovingkindness (opens the original)
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There’s a Tree Inside No Ax Can Touch (opens the original)
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Letters to My Beloved (August–September 2024) (opens the original)
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Note: The music composition featured in this post is one Michael wrote to score a video portrait I filmed of a dear friend and colleague in the 2000s. Last year, I used it to accompany Doc Malik’s sarcastic reading of my satirical piece 50 Reasons to Give Your Child the COVID Shot. It was untitled at the time of Michael<
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