Hey, everyone. I’d like to announce my poem “I Stood at the End of the Earth” has gone live at Gobblers & Masticadores. Many thanks to Juan Re Crivello and Manuela Timofte and their staff for their kindness in publishing this poem. It’s always an honor to have my poetry published at Gobblers & Masticadores alongside the work of some amazing writers. Thanks so much, Juan and Manuela!

“I Stood at the End of the Earth”
© 2013 by Michael L. Utley

“I stood at the end of the earth
As it trembled and moaned
Beneath me
The great dark monstrous Pacific
Infinite and unseen
Before me
Mindless
Inexorable
The cliffs below me besieged
By the stentorian onslaught of
Night-cloaked sea

A lifetime of fear has deafened me
I cannot hear it
It does not exist…”

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Hello, friends. I’d like to let you know my poem “Forgotten” has been published at Gobblers & Masticadores. Sincere thanks to Juan Re Crivello and Manuela Timofte and their staff for their kindness in sharing this poem with their readers. It’s a wonderful honor to have my writing published at Gobblers & Masticadores. Thanks so much, Juan and Manuela!

“Forgotten”
(c) 2021 by Michael L. Utley

“Those who fade away
Dust-covered and forgotten
Hushed in melancholy thought

Those of us denied
Peering through the river reeds
Watching joy drift out of reach

Who will remember
Those abandoned on the path
Those who fall by the wayside…”

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I’m happy to announce my poem “January’s Scion” has gone live at Chewers & Masticadores. Sincere thanks to Juan Re Crivello and his team for publishing this poem. I’m deeply grateful to be able to share my poetry at Chewers & Masticadores and I’m excited for this opportunity. Thank you, Juan!

“January’s Scion”
(c) 2022 by Michael L. Utley

“January’s scion, born of winter
messenger of midnight’s dark domain
harbinger of fearful futures
herald of the past’s persistence
bearer of remembrances of
what shall surely be

I’ve succumbed to January’s Janus
peering ever forward and behind
frozen firmly on the threshold
of what was and what may soon be
doomed to bear the weight of all things
for eternity…”

I’d be pleased if you’d read the rest of my poem by clicking this link. Also, be sure to follow and subscribe to Chewers & Masticadores. It’s a wonderful place for those who love writing.

Hi, everyone. I’m happy to announce my poem “It’s Not Lost” has been published at Gobblers & Masticadores. Many thanks to Juan Re Crivello and Manuela Timofte and their staff for their kindness in sharing this poem with their readers. I’m honored to have my poetry published at Gobblers & Masticadores. Thank you kindly, Juan and Manuela!

“It’s Not Lost”
(c) 2021 by Michael L. Utley

“It’s not lost on me
How this coral-tinctured eve
Tempers morning’s joy
With sadness and coos of doves
Grieve dying light’s somber end

It’s not lost on me that I
Never got to bid farewell
As sun languishes
On melancholy verge of
Day’s bitter demise…”

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Hey, folks. I’m excited to let you know my poem “This World is Yours” is now live at Spillwords Press. I appreciate Dagmara K. and her staff for publishing this piece. It’s an incredible honor to share my work with the readers at Spillwords Press. Many thanks, Dagmara. I’m deeply grateful.

“This World is Yours”
(c) 2023 by Michael L. Utley

you thought you could
save the world
wee lad
you couldn’t even
save yourself

those bleak nighthawk skies
where dead stars fall
like blood-bloated flies
and fey winds howl
in deafened ears
a behemoth’s fetid exhalation
violent and ignorant
and inexorable

breathe
breathe it all in
the sweat-soaked fear
the bitter tang of futility
fill your lungs
wee lad
this world is yours
as far as tear-blurred
eyes can see…

You can read the rest of my poem by clicking this link. And once you’re there, take some time to check out the work of many other talented writers on Spillwords Press, where you’ll find a treasure trove of good writing.

I’m pleased to announce my poem “Heroic” has been published at Chewers & Masticadores. Many thanks to Juan Re Crivello and his team for sharing this poem with their readers. It’s always an honor to have my poetry published Chewers & Masticadores and I’m deeply grateful for this opportunity. Thank you, Juan!

“Heroic”
© 2013 by Michael L. Utley

“The kid was too young
This distant uncanny boy
Face absconded
Into the murky depths of his
Drenched and threadbare
Crimson hoodie
Eyes mere pinpricks
Of sentience in the shadows
Where his face should be
On this pouring midnight
Sidewalk where even the rain seemed
Exhausted in the scornful cones
Of streetlamp illumination
And unseen clouds sighed above
Too tired for the bluster and pretense
Of thunder…”

I’d be delighted if you’d read the rest of my poem by clicking this link. Also, be sure to follow and subscribe to Chewers & Masticadores. It’s a wonderful place for those who love writing.

I’m delighted to let you know my poem “For Harley” has been published at Gobblers & Masticadores. I appreciate Manuela Timofte and her team for their kindness in sharing this poem with their readers. It’s an honor to have my poetry published alongside that of so many talented writers at Gobblers & Masticadores. Many thanks, Manuela!

“For Harley”
(c) 2021 by Michael L. Utley

“I wonder if he ever knew his ears
Had failed him as he nosed the gravel road
Collecting scents of all that passed that way
As afternoon slipped into eventide
And xanthous-tinted rabbit brush held sway

Amid god-beams

Gilded god-beams…”

I’d be pleased if you’d read the rest of my poem by clicking this link. Also, don’t forget to follow and subscribe to Gobblers & Masticadores, where you’ll find some wonderful writing and plenty of food for thought.