A third poetry collection, Gun Poems, was recently released by Middle Creek Publishing and Audio. Many poems have appeared in journals, such as: Nice Cage, Poets Reading the News, Posit.
Here’s an interview about the book, with Westword’s Teague Bohlen: “Denver Poet Takes Aim at Gun Culture With New Book.”
Stay tuned for future readings and events.
A nonfiction/how-to book, Mountain Biking the Colorado Trail was published in 2023.
A chapter from the book, “Over the Mountains There are More Mountains,” appeared in Elevation Outdoors.
A second book of poetry, Active Gods, published Conundrum Press.
Michaels’ first book of poetry is entitled No Stranger Than My Own.
Other Work
Michael has collaborated with Garrett Ammon, artistic director of Wonderbound on several full-length narrative ballet, including Gone West, where they worked with musician and songwriter Ian Cooke. Here’s an interview on Colorado Public Radio. Intersection, a chapbook of poems written in collaboration with Garrett Ammon of Wonderbound, is also available.
A short essay, “The Waiting Rooms” was published by Hippocampus Magazine.
A poem, “August, Public Pool” appeared in Dactyl Zine.
A poem, “Cadillac, An Ode” appeared in Copper Nickel.
An essay, “The House on Downing Street” can be found in the January 2009 issue of 5280 Magazine.
An essay, “Allegheny Comfort,” appeared in Rio Grande Review.
Michael has been working on a memoir, tentatively entitled The Long Run. It’s about growing up in Buffalo, New York, and a wonderful, sometimes intense family, and the dynamics of the men and women, and trying to figure out how he ended up being a poet, of all things. It’s also about his hometown too, a place that was once referred to “Loserville” in a series of articles in The Buffalo News.
Several chapters have been published in various journals, including Wazee, Open Windows Anthology, and Georgetown Review, which selected a chapter, entitled “The Prelude Summer,” as a runner up in their Writing About Vocation essay contest. Also, Stories on Stage chose a short piece, entitled “Me Tarzan, You Dad,” for a performance.
Michael J. Henry 