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Winter Poems

by William Michaelian


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Winter Poems will be a welcome addition to the libraries of the thousands of readers already familiar with William Michaelian's work online. New readers will be surprised by the clarity and music they find in these lines. Deceptively simple and brightened by the subtle humor that informs even his most serious work, the poems in this collection reveal more with each reading. They also show why Michaelian is a poet who will be remembered.

52 pages
6x9, paper
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ISBN: 978-0-9796599-0-4
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open quote Winter Poems displays the skills and abilities of Mr. Michaelian at their most elemental level, at the bone. Wandering amidst a barren world, a world scraped bare, he plucks the full moon like fruit from the winter sky, goes mad and befriends a pack of hungry wolves, burns his poems to keep warm. He is a flake of snow, a frozen old man, a spider spinning winter webs. Spring is only a vague notion of a waiting vineyard, crocuses, and ten-thousand babies. The author is alone, musing, reflecting, at times participating. But not quite alone, for he brings the lucky reader along. I've been there, to this winter world, and I plan to go back. end quote

— John Berbrich, editor of Barbaric Yawp

Buy Winter Poems along with William Michaelian's
Another Song I Know
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To hear William Michaelian read his poem, "Sanctuary," from Another Song I Know, click here. Part of the Armenian Poetry Project, this brief recording is the only one of the author available.


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William Michaelian

About the author
Outside the world of poetry, William Michaelian is best known for his novel, A Listening Thing, which has thrived online since its would-be publisher filed for bankruptcy, leaving a trail of review copies that have sold individually for as high as several hundred dollars. He is also the author of three story collections: the indispensible small press chapbook Among the Living and Other Stories (Musclehead Press, 2000); an online collection titled Early Short Stories; and the landmark No Time to Cut My Hair, a collection of seventy stories that resulted from a self-imposed ninety-day public writing adventure. His other work includes One Hand Clapping, a daily online journal in two volumes (2003-2005); Songs and Letters, an autobiographical book of poetry and prose that is still growing and presently in its thirteenth volume; The Old Language (Tigran Mets, 2005), a collection of work translated into Armenian and published in Yerevan, Armenia; and numerous columns, essays, and reviews. Michaelian's stories, poems, and drawings have also appeared in many literary magazines and newspapers. His unconventional artwork has captured a growing audience, and is used widely online. Updated daily, his website, williammichaelian.com, is one of the largest, most frequently visited author sites in the world.


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