What if I told you I had a huge stack of fears and doubts just packed into my head? You’d believe me instantly, I mean, duh. I’m human. But there’s a story I want to tell and a confession I need to make that begins like this: Nearly four months ago I made a promise …
Category Archive: Poetry
Sep 08 2013
A Leaf
Hello Blog Reader Readers Reader. I originally wrote this in June after Nick and I went on a lovely hike on High Trestle Trail here in Iowa. I’m finally posting some finished drafts and doing a bit of writing. I hope you like this one, it’s called; “A Leaf.” A Leaf By Shelby Michalek A …
Jun 17 2013
So Cold
Just a poem I wrote. One time in that one place. So ColdI’m not pulling away from you.I’m pulling away from me.I’m retreating inside the darkest place of my soul. I’m not angry at you,or angry at me.I’m angry at the pain that won’t subside. It’s never going to go away.Forgetting is never going to …
May 30 2013
Egg: A Poetic Adventure
I wrote this for a guy who likes haiku that told me I should randomly type some words in a word document at work. That’s really what happened. So I did, Mr. Haiku, this is poem is for you. EGGBy Shelby Michalek Broken toilets suckEffectively can’t be usedFor more than sitting A broken spine …