Michael Kevin Spencer : Writing

In These Affections Yes I am But a Lowly Clerk

In These Affections Yes I am But a Lowly Clerk

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


I know a hundred ways to die I think to myself as I walk away Her child will miss me more than she will! I know some poison I could d..
The Snow it Itches your Name

The Snow it Itches your Name

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Curse thee weak love! Sure as I tickle eternity Sure as I opened up, showed unmuffled vulnerability The creaking of my brutishness, my huma..
Into Clay Molds as a Volcano

Into Clay Molds as a Volcano

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Even like a faithful man content with his little kingdom I to my imperfection must abide, art best in nakedness Without healing, or redemption, ..
The Desires of Jealousy

The Desires of Jealousy

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Ah to me, the spirit is some second Guest When love departs my bracelets of time bright These eager eyes, are not alone To make our souls..
Should I Change Less Than Thou

Should I Change Less Than Thou

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


In sweetness dumb and trembling worth The love I sought was of the past, dead romance Not the profit this world earns, and saves But..
An Image Now Only

An Image Now Only

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Pardon that my soul should form in strife Since you were swimming in my brain With sculpted turquoise, gills of a life that could have been?..
Because Thou Hast Passed

Because Thou Hast Passed

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Pardon, oh, I have been misled by intense emotion! I know the remedy, is to forget you, my Pagan mistress In the distant years, I shall recogniz..
Love My With Thy Voice That Turned

Love My With Thy Voice That Turned

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


Beloved, I did bring you flowers three times But the last time you chided me, and said That my poverty could not afford such beauty! And ..
Where God Throws in Men’s Works

Where God Throws in Men’s Works

A Poem by Michael Kevin Spencer


We are but farmers of ourselves We farm experience for our rent Places we have been, people we have met We are physicians for the sojourn..