Michael SimmsMar 14, 20218 minPersonal EssaysThe Trojan WomenToday on the Classic Cars website, I saw an ad for a fully restored 1965 GMC pickup with a hard-shell camper hood, and I thought of Henry
Michael SimmsNov 28, 20205 minPersonal EssaysBlue NotesFrom a neighbor’s window, I hear Billy Joel’s carpe diem Only the Good Die Young in which he tries to convince a good Catholic girl
Michael SimmsJul 25, 20204 minEnviromentalismPraise the PoetA writer without a reader is an empty thing, a thumb without a finger to oppose it, a traveler without a companion. I was appalled by the...
Michael SimmsJan 24, 20206 minPoetryRe-reading Christina Rossetti’s ‘In an Artist’s Studio’In an Artist’s Studio One face looks out from all his canvases, One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans: We found her hidden just...
Michael SimmsAug 25, 20196 minLiterary ReviewsDogsbody to the MuseMy work in the poetry field the last 40 years has been largely behind the scenes — editing, publishing, promoting, organizing, raising money
Michael SimmsFeb 24, 20185 minPoetryAn Appreciation of the Poetry of Robert GibbRobert Gibb is a poet’s poet. By that phrase I mean that he’s widely admired among poets across the country, but virtually unknown to