Michael Kevin Spencer : Writing

 True Daughter Memories of the Lost Sun

True Daughter Memories of the Lost Sun

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I have finished my combat with the sun I and my old body, tired animal skin Like to bathe in the heat, like to sweat The powerful ..
I Was Not Privy to her Heart’s Face

I Was Not Privy to her Heart’s Face

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I hang no gentle words, I regret her mouth The savage axis that my life used to turn upon Her sad mistakes, my empathy woke Her mourn..
Neither of Us Thinks Herself Enough

Neither of Us Thinks Herself Enough

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


What a price is a field, crossed often On tip toes, with wonder held high To thrown shadows, making deep impressions In ournaivete, t..
From the Red Feathers of the Wound

From the Red Feathers of the Wound

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I could only say thank you, My diagnosis of my returns in you too immense To fight over, to squabble for redemption in your eyes The ..
Penance for Purgatory

Penance for Purgatory

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Between here, and my few moments of poetic justice With sifted sugar and damp beside the river of moments I sell vases of verse, blown of ash..
A Lover’s Mouth Struck Opal and Oval

A Lover’s Mouth Struck Opal and Oval

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Someone said they have a word For the stripped bamboo in winter grove Another Sunday afternoon, of thinking of you A clot of snow in my throa..
We Made Up things to Fear

We Made Up things to Fear

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


confessions of a heartbreak
The End of Ends

The End of Ends

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


towards a poetry with a social conscience
Pamphlet on a Subway Wall

Pamphlet on a Subway Wall

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Revolution will grow, a thousand times In the bellies of your sisters, but can it work? When the systems of dominance cling? When tyrants..