M. G. Michael M. G. Michael i(A90814 works by) (a.k.a. Michael G. Michael; Michael George Michael)
Born: Established: 1961 New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Waitress In the Early Morning i "I am last night's mascara running down your face", M. G. Michael , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 65 2019; (p. 106)
1 The Johannine Prologue (Jn. 1:1-18) i "In the beginning was the Word...", M. G. Michael , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 65 2019; (p. 106)
1 Uncommon Synergy i "What are these Things, that like the Sirens", M. G. Michael , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 65 2019; (p. 106)
1 Magnifying Glass i "Light splits into the black particle", M. G. Michael , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 65 2019; (p. 106)
1 On the Reality of the Two Worlds of Being and the Reluctant Mystic M. G. Michael , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 78 no. 1 2018; (p. 165-184)

'To profess expertise with literary criticism and literary theory would defeat the purpose of my contribution which owes more to the heart than to nomenclature. Even if after W.H. Auden's 'The Age of Anxiety' (1947) or T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (1922) the classification of modern poetry into genres would become thoroughly inconsistent if not altogether disarrayed. So, then, under what guise do I, with only a modest literary output, dare contribute to the 'Festschrift' of one of Australia's most recognised poets, David Brooks? It is I should say from the start, no small thing for a poet to be valued in a country which has been blessed with a long line of great craftsmen of the 'word', from the Indigenous storytelling of the Aboriginal Dreamtime, to the celebrated names of our contemporary master poets with whom our duly honoured poet has for some years belonged. In short, I am enthralled by Brooks's poetry and by the sensitivity of the man himself. A learned friend once said to me when discussing the winner of the Archibald staff-choice Packing Room Prize, we all have the right to comment on what we like or do not like about art, for it is a "creative process" common to us all. This, as Horace himself tells us in his 'Ars Poetica', includes poetry: 'ut pictura poesis' ("as is painting so is poetry"). So here are some comments that might hopefully adjoin another perspective to this celebratory volume in honour of an internationally recognised literary life which continues to evolve and to regularly surprise.'  (Publication abstract)

 

1 From Paphos on a Showery Morning i "It was in the way you clasped your hands", M. G. Michael , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 77 no. 3 2017; (p. 171)
1 The Blind Masseuse from Saigon M. G. Michael , 2017 single work prose
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 63 2017; (p. 177-180)
1 On Secret Mysteries to Do with the Fear of Heights M. G. Michael , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , August vol. 76 no. 1 2016; (p. 32-36)
'The little boy Chick with big wide eyes would follow his mother into those secret places forbidden to children. Forbidden places like the early hospices standing on the edge of the city where broken-down angels would arrive to recuperate. He would listen to the old lady speak in languages called tongues which he did not yet understand. One angel after another weeping into broken hands and into the hollows of wounded backs laid their turned and twisted wings on the ground. They would then catch the feather and dance. The little boy Chick with big wide eyes would follow his mother into those secret places forbidden to children. It was there he would learn to carve tears from Carrara marble and sapphire glass.' (Publication abstract)
1 y separately published work icon Keepers of a Great Memory M. G. Michael , Brighton : Owl Publishing , 2015 8472948 2015 selected work poetry

"The aim of the series is to showcase the diverse range of poetry from both established and emerging Greek-Australian writers" – back of first unnumbered page.

1 Piata Romana, Bucharest i "Unhappy florists sit on stools which have taken root,", M. G. Michael , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 2 2014; (p. 229)
1 The Broken Trumpet Beneath the Yellow Moon M. G. Michael , 2013 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 192-200)
1 Isle of Driftwood i "He was marooned", M. G. Michael , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 231)
1 Evening Conversation i "Last night", M. G. Michael , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 233)
1 The Colour of Snow i "Disparate and contrasted, no doubt,", M. G. Michael , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 232)
1 Of Poetry and Sighs i "When all", M. G. Michael , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 231)
1 Heraclitus and Archimedes i "The words which I have used,", M. G. Michael , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 229)
1 The Agony of a Young Clergyman i "How much darkness", M. G. Michael , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 228)
1 Circular Arrhythmia i "Light splits into the black particle", M. G. Michael , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southern Sun, Aegean Light : Poetry of Second-Generation Greek-Australians 2011; (p. 225)
1 The Yellowing Pages of the Almanac M. G. Michael , 2011 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Westerly , July vol. 56 no. 1 2011; (p. 140-150)
1 Short Stories Off the Wing M. G. Michael , 2010 sequence prose
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 1 2010; (p. 28-37)
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