Thank you, Rachel Neve Midbar at Calul Journal, for this feature of my work! I love how she combined my poems with some great, striking artwork from Faith Ringgold. Here's the link, friends. I hope you're surviving Monday! calul.substack.com/p/history-to...

History Told Within the Elemental Image: Introducing the Poetry of Michael Meyerhofer and the Artwork of Faith Ringgold

The power of Michael Meyerhofer’s poems is often revealed in something as small and insignificant as the silhouette of a woman’s earring as she passes, hunched over making her way out of an aisle in a...

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Last one from Frigg. This one is about a childhood memory of my late brother. Thanks again to Frigg for publishing these -- and to you, for taking the time to check them out! Original link: friggmagazine.com/issuesixtyfi...

Here's a weird one, second of three appearing in Frigg. Thanks for taking a look! Original link: friggmagazine.com/issuesixtyfi...

Thank you, Ellen Parker of Frigg, for giving three of my poems a nice new home! Here's the first, "Time Capsule." Please check out the whole issue and give the other writers some love, too. Issue link: friggmagazine.com/index65.htm

This is pretty much the definitive video of the incident, proving that no, the officer wasn't struck and yes, ICE murdered her. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.

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Bystander: "Can I go check a pulse?" ICE: "No! Back up now!" Bystander: "I'm a physician -- " ICE: "I don't care."

ICE just murdered someone in Minneapolis, claiming self-defense. Like the time they denied casually tossing tear gas into the car of a Latino family with a baby just for kicks, video proves they're liars. If you voted for this, trusting this admin to do the right thing, time to wake the fuck up.

Happy New Year, friends! I'm glad you still exist. Here's an oldie from my third book, Damnatio Memoriae ("damned memory"). See you in 2026!

Another occasionally fun benefit of being half-deaf: I just heard a commercial whose slogan is "Rethink your pretzel," but I heard it as "We think you're a pretzel." To be fair, I can't disagree.

Just received a kind message from someone who saw my reading on Rattlecast (from a while back) and wanted to know if one of the poems I shared was in a book yet. It isn't, though Missouri Review gave it a home a while back. So obviously, I'll use this as an excuse to shamelessly self-promote. :)

Shortly before my mom died, they played Schindler's List commercial-free on TV. I was at a friend's but called home and asked her to tape it. Weeks later, she had her final heart attack. I don't even have a VCR but that worn yellowed label with her handwriting has been with me for 28 years.

I know it sometimes feels like we're standing in a burning house and all the doors are locked, but for what it's worth, thank you to everyone who's doing their best to hold on to their humanity. I know it's tough but no matter how bad things get, that matters. Deep breaths. Take care.

This was a tough one to write -- many thanks to Mark Danowsky for giving this one a home. oneartpoetry.com/2025/09/03/a...

AFTER READING ABOUT MY FRIEND’S HOMELESS SON SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE by Michael Meyerhofer

AFTER READING ABOUT MY FRIEND’S HOMELESS SON SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE          For Susan Vespoli I remember my brother calling from somewhere in South …

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The first ebooks in both of my fantasy trilogies (or books 1 and 3 of 6, if you want to think of it that way) are free on Amazon from now until the 18th (my birthday, coincidentally) if you want to add them to your collection! 🙂 I'll post both links below.

Thanks again to Poetry is Currency for publishing these! Here's the last from the feature -- a more experimental one originally inspired by a documentary I saw on a form of torture involving sensory deprivation. Here's the link to the whole feature, too: poetrycurrency.com/poet/michael...

And here's another (I guess about me being an anxious mortal idiot). :)

First of three new ones that just found a home in the fine journal, Poetry is Currency. This one was written during the pandemic while I was losing someone very dear to me (sadly not the last) and tried imagining what was happening from the virus's perspective.

Honored and grateful to have this one in Gulf Coast.

Happy Monday! Much love to Cider Press Review for publishing my poem, "Last Words of an Iowan." ciderpressreview.com/cpr-volume-2...

Last Words of an Iowan by Michael Meyerhofer – Cider Press Review

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Thanks to Blue Mountains Review for giving this one a home!

New poem up on Exposed Bone today -- FYI, this one references my lingering guilt over using a sword (many years ago) to kill what I thought at the time was a rabid animal. www.exposedbonemag.com/pieces/heter...

Maddening that the left's response to Trump's social security lies was... a boring speech from right-leaning Dem, Elissa Slotkin, that practically nobody watched. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders gave a response that got 50K hits just in the few minutes I was watching (over two mill. by morning).

In a final appeal, Trudeau called Trump "a very smart guy." I wonder how many shots of whiskey (or Maple syrup) he needed after having to compliment the intelligence of a guy who thought Frederick Douglass was still alive.

Well, the rapid and utterly asinine destruction of our country continues -- but on the plus side, I have one hell of a beef stew cooking.

I don't want us at war with Russia, obviously, but Trump (with Zelensky right next to him) just screamed about what a victim Putin is, then they kicked Zelensky out of the White House. Good grief.

Yay, my weird new fantasy story is out today! Many thanks to Sword and Sorcery Magazine for giving it a home. swordsandsorcerymagazine.com/burning-pig-...

Been thinking a lot about Machiavelli's "The Prince", which I taught for an Honors class many moons ago -- especially the part where a corrupt ruler sends in a bloodthirsty moron to screw things up, then gets rid of him earn back the people's trust once the useful damage is done.

Hello. Sorry to bother you but I'd like to return my unused portion of 2025, please. Here's the receipt. Yes, I'm sure. Yeah, I tried it out, but it just isn't working for me. Store credit is fine. Hell, I'd take some paper towels and an Arby's coupon at this point.