Poetry collection
I call my poetry collection the "Galleria of Lights". Many of these poems were written during episodes of psychosis, mania, and depression and were inspired by moods, visions, altered perceptions, or entanglements with others. ~ Michelle
POEMS & SONG-WRITING
chronological order, 2002-2020
Infatuation
Pyramids, Circles & Stars
reincarnation & enlightenment
Searching for Lines
The Warrior
untitled
The Artist (poem)
The Artist (song)
My Black Box and Fine Lines
Haunted? Something I Cannot Explain
Taste It
Sunrises & Sunsets
So Grow a Beard
Four Words
Stalker
The Poppy
My Memory, His Memory
The Mirror
Nothing to Fill the Space
Garden Fairy
Chop! Chop! Chop!
The 700 Club
Native Land - Houston
Dreaming of Blueberries
Who Am I, Gorgeous!? Who Are You, Gorgeous!?
Baby Back Ribs
Old Man Lives
Spirit of an Animal
We're Still Around
Dracula's House
A Wondering Heart
Hoppy Not Hope
I'm a Mad Psychopath
Dear Michelle Ma Belle & the Pink Sweater
The Language of Psychosis
My Redemption Song
The Clouds are More Beautiful
Wrath of an Archangel
Moon Pies & Bittersweet Melody
To My Charming Nephew
Lupp Dup. Lupp Dup. Lupp Dup.
Lonely In My Own Mind
Shattering Secret Places
Finis-en avec moi, mon ange! (Finish me off, my angel!)
The Grief I Bear on a Mid-summer's Morning
Mr. and Mrs. Dark & Mysterious
Fifteen Worlds
Problem Solved - The Magic Trick.
Chillin' Like A Villain
The Prayer I Should Pray
Oh, You Irreverent Nation!
Curly Headed Madams
Joy is Too Difficult for Me
6 Magicians
I'm Afraid of the Dark
My Story By Nicole
I Will Cry Sometime Soon
The Magic Under the Stars
Rake. Musty, Rusty Rake.
Ode to Being Regular
Language Today is Engineered
Something Outside of Herself
The Future
The Color of Music
Joy
God's Poetry
Game of Coke Bottles
The Heart Couple
Truth
In Loving Memory
Thriving on Super-Experience
My Dreams
Oh Kisses!
The Soul of the World
Seductive Voices
To The Child I May or May Not Ever Know
I Fall Before My Creator
It's Not So Easy
Chant to the US of A!
Coffee Beans & Chocolate
What Is?
"I"
Dying
Do the Unexpected
She Wears Black Well
First Love
Notice Beauty in the Storm
Toast To That Just Right Lipstick
Hint of Jazz
A Letter From Heaven
A Quilt for My Mother
She Likes Audrey Hepburn
I Listened for God
God Lives In This Town
Shout-out to the Sun!
The World is Harsh
She Was Painted Black
She Wants Them to Quit Doing What They're Doing
Silent Ears
The Oracle
I Married a Wonderful Man
Into the Fields of Perception
Because She is Interesting
The Infinite Path
Baby-oh-yeah!
Temporary Pain
Shall I Resign?
Shot of Dopamine
These are the Days
Connected
Night Lights & Daytime Shadows
Camille Paglia
A Prayer of Thanksgiving to the Angels
The Staircase
I Love You More Than Sex
The Dark Force
Not Cho Mamas
Carpe Diem
I Love the Ocean Atlant"ic"
Mathematical Artificial Realities Exist
Silent Armies
Noble & True Inspiration
The Engineer
Flicker
Curious Minds
She Is Healed
What is this Clamoring All About?
Life is Beautiful
You Are My Soul Mate
Crumpled Up Pieces of Paper
She Is...
Discovering the Business Cycle
Clues to the Mystery of What Really Happened
This is My Life Too
Dream Initiation #69
What the Clouds See that We Don't
The American Flag Blows Here, Respected
A Little Piece of Isis Within Me
Birth to Eventual Toughness
The Magnetic Road
Protagonist 4 the People
Stories Woven into the Future
The Drumbeat Called "Beauty"
Shadows on the Wall
Restoration for the Lost
Today
Sex is Definitely For Me
The Sorrow Lands
I'm Half Robot and Half Something Else
Americana
A Mission is Worth Every Penny If....
Ruby Ring
Roane County, Tennessee
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Monogamous Man
Sojourner (A Memo from Episode #13)
Hades
Things in My Heart
The Dove's Papyrus
To Someone Who Claims My Heart
"Ron Rowe" - A Toast to my Grandfather
The Christian
Homeless Man
Sent Down to Another Dimension
Cold War Veteran
To The Americans
That Love We Had
chronological order, 2002-2020
Infatuation
Pyramids, Circles & Stars
reincarnation & enlightenment
Searching for Lines
The Warrior
untitled
The Artist (poem)
The Artist (song)
My Black Box and Fine Lines
Haunted? Something I Cannot Explain
Taste It
Sunrises & Sunsets
So Grow a Beard
Four Words
Stalker
The Poppy
My Memory, His Memory
The Mirror
Nothing to Fill the Space
Garden Fairy
Chop! Chop! Chop!
The 700 Club
Native Land - Houston
Dreaming of Blueberries
Who Am I, Gorgeous!? Who Are You, Gorgeous!?
Baby Back Ribs
Old Man Lives
Spirit of an Animal
We're Still Around
Dracula's House
A Wondering Heart
Hoppy Not Hope
I'm a Mad Psychopath
Dear Michelle Ma Belle & the Pink Sweater
The Language of Psychosis
My Redemption Song
The Clouds are More Beautiful
Wrath of an Archangel
Moon Pies & Bittersweet Melody
To My Charming Nephew
Lupp Dup. Lupp Dup. Lupp Dup.
Lonely In My Own Mind
Shattering Secret Places
Finis-en avec moi, mon ange! (Finish me off, my angel!)
The Grief I Bear on a Mid-summer's Morning
Mr. and Mrs. Dark & Mysterious
Fifteen Worlds
Problem Solved - The Magic Trick.
Chillin' Like A Villain
The Prayer I Should Pray
Oh, You Irreverent Nation!
Curly Headed Madams
Joy is Too Difficult for Me
6 Magicians
I'm Afraid of the Dark
My Story By Nicole
I Will Cry Sometime Soon
The Magic Under the Stars
Rake. Musty, Rusty Rake.
Ode to Being Regular
Language Today is Engineered
Something Outside of Herself
The Future
The Color of Music
Joy
God's Poetry
Game of Coke Bottles
The Heart Couple
Truth
In Loving Memory
Thriving on Super-Experience
My Dreams
Oh Kisses!
The Soul of the World
Seductive Voices
To The Child I May or May Not Ever Know
I Fall Before My Creator
It's Not So Easy
Chant to the US of A!
Coffee Beans & Chocolate
What Is?
"I"
Dying
Do the Unexpected
She Wears Black Well
First Love
Notice Beauty in the Storm
Toast To That Just Right Lipstick
Hint of Jazz
A Letter From Heaven
A Quilt for My Mother
She Likes Audrey Hepburn
I Listened for God
God Lives In This Town
Shout-out to the Sun!
The World is Harsh
She Was Painted Black
She Wants Them to Quit Doing What They're Doing
Silent Ears
The Oracle
I Married a Wonderful Man
Into the Fields of Perception
Because She is Interesting
The Infinite Path
Baby-oh-yeah!
Temporary Pain
Shall I Resign?
Shot of Dopamine
These are the Days
Connected
Night Lights & Daytime Shadows
Camille Paglia
A Prayer of Thanksgiving to the Angels
The Staircase
I Love You More Than Sex
The Dark Force
Not Cho Mamas
Carpe Diem
I Love the Ocean Atlant"ic"
Mathematical Artificial Realities Exist
Silent Armies
Noble & True Inspiration
The Engineer
Flicker
Curious Minds
She Is Healed
What is this Clamoring All About?
Life is Beautiful
You Are My Soul Mate
Crumpled Up Pieces of Paper
She Is...
Discovering the Business Cycle
Clues to the Mystery of What Really Happened
This is My Life Too
Dream Initiation #69
What the Clouds See that We Don't
The American Flag Blows Here, Respected
A Little Piece of Isis Within Me
Birth to Eventual Toughness
The Magnetic Road
Protagonist 4 the People
Stories Woven into the Future
The Drumbeat Called "Beauty"
Shadows on the Wall
Restoration for the Lost
Today
Sex is Definitely For Me
The Sorrow Lands
I'm Half Robot and Half Something Else
Americana
A Mission is Worth Every Penny If....
Ruby Ring
Roane County, Tennessee
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Monogamous Man
Sojourner (A Memo from Episode #13)
Hades
Things in My Heart
The Dove's Papyrus
To Someone Who Claims My Heart
"Ron Rowe" - A Toast to my Grandfather
The Christian
Homeless Man
Sent Down to Another Dimension
Cold War Veteran
To The Americans
That Love We Had