In the hands of a master, the short poem is beguiling on two levels. First, we are astonished by what it reveals; then, in subsequent readings, we begin to wonder how. But the answer is elusive. Emerson said, "Every word was once a poem." In Another Song I Know, William Michaelian treats words as the gems they really are. The result is clear: sixty-four very short poems that linger in the mind, and that seem to glow on the page.

Another Song I Know is a delightful collection of brief, resilient poems. Reading them, one by one by one, is like taking a walk through our common everyday world and suddenly hearing what the poet hears: the leaves, a coffee cup, chairs—and yes, even people, singing their songs of wisdom, sweetness, and light.

—Tom Koontz, Editor, Barnwood poetry magazine