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Michael is a hopeful but sometimes impatient person who loves to write and is proud of his two young-adult kids. Some folks ask him if he ever sleeps, but yes, quite a bit. When he needs a bit of motivation, he likes to think, “What can I do in the next 15 minutes?” He can ask himself this question four times an hour. Don’t get him started about guitar solos.

first star—
a seashell held
to my baby’s ear

Grand Prize winner in the Bashō 360th Anniversary contest, Japan, 2004

first snow . . .
the children’s hangers
clatter in the closet

Woodnotes #23, Winter 1994

first cold night—
the click of your domino
as we play by the fire

Geppo XXI:6, November–December 1998