Michael Simms
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Poet, novelist, essayist, vegan, peace activist living in Pittsburgh, PA.
Thank you, Emilie Lygren, for including my poem The Dark in this fabulous anthology about mental health. Here's the link to Amazon if you'd like to read what Naomi Shihab Nye says about the anthology: www.amazon.com/How-Home-Dar...
How to Get Home in the Dark: Lygren, Emilie: 9781421836126: Amazon.com: Books
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Thank you, Professor Ma Yongbo for translating into Mandarin my poem CAT published in Prose Poetry, scheduled to be republished in the magazine Readers, Issue 21, 2026. The magazine has circulation of 5 million copies, the largest humanities journal in China.
My interview with the great poet Robert Cording appears in Pittsburgh Review of Books today. Check it out! pghrev.com/we-live-in-a...
We Live in a World That Need Not Be - Pittsburgh Review of Books
Michael Simms: Bob, I loved reading What’s Possible: New and Selected Poems, just released by Slant Books. It’s a true masterwork. One among many
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Thank you Catherine Parnell for publishing my poem Closing Time in the beautiful magazine Microlit: www.birchbarkediting.com/microlit-alm...
“Closing Time” by Michael Simms — BIRCH BARK EDITING
Closing Time
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Thank you, Kim David, Editor-in-Chief of Madville Fantasy, for reading a passage from my novel Bicycles of the Gods: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzj...
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Pittsburgh friends! Please join Kristopher Collins, Shaheen Dil, Christine Wolfe and me at our reading and open mic at the Greenhouse Sunday, Sept 6th, 2-4 pm!
Thank you, Professor Ma Yongbo, for translating 9 of my poems into Mandarin and publishing them in Literary World, a prestigious Chinese academic magazine. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/e8hN_vlJlX...
《文学天地》2026年第4期目录
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Pittsburgh friends, please join Kris Collins, Shaheen Dill, Christine Wolf and me as we read our poems at the Greenhouse Poetry Series on Sunday, Sept. 6th, 2-4pm.
Thanks to the brilliant poet Robert Cording who allowed me to interview him for Vox Populi. If you have any interest in poetry, you need to check this out: voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/m...
Michael Simms: A Conversation with the Poet Robert Cording
A Life-long Commitment to the Ordinary
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My new poetry collection CITIES I CAN NEVER RETURN TO is featured on the Ragged Sky Press website and available for pre-order. Thank you, Ellen Foos, Editor-in-Chief: raggedsky.com/cities-i-can...
Cities I Can Never Return To: Poems
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Thank you, Ma Yongbo, for translating eight of my prose poems into Mandarin and publishing them in text and voice recording in Prose Poetry Magazine in mainland China: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PfgSncuGgr...
《散文诗》译介 || 迈克尔·西姆斯散文诗（马永波 译）
“当你回顾我们的历史，时间仿佛在燃烧，火焰从遥远的未来越来越接近现在。”
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“If we lose, people might investigate us" is a helluva campaign pitch for "innocent" politicians.
Thank you, Kim Davis, editor of Madville Fantasy, for reading from two of my novels: BICYCLES OF THE GODS and THE HUMMINGBIRD WAR: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OS5...
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Thanks to Cat Parnell for including my poem "Chet" in the beautiful magazine Microlit with a perfect watercolor of a jazz trumpet player leaning into his music. www.birchbarkediting.com/microlit-alm...
“Chet” by Michael Simms — BIRCH BARK EDITING
Chet Baker
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Most mental health professionals argue that Trump's behavior is erratic and unstable to a degree that makes him unfit for office. So why has he not been removed from office?
The Chinese scholar Professor Ma Yongbo interviewed me about my poetry. I am so honored by his attention! It was just published in China: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/JPNHBDbL_u...
《中文学刊》2026年第2期目录｜总第107期（以出版时为准）
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"Google's own artificial intelligence team just staged one of the most stunning internal revolts in tech history — and it's aimed squarely at a deal the company signed with the Pentagon." via Your Daily Updates
Congratulations to Sydney Lea whose essay BAD AIR, first published in Vox Populi, has won a Pushcart Prize and will appear in the 51st edition of their annual anthology. voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com
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Thank you, Ellen Foos editor of Ragged Sky Press, who this fall will release my new full-length poetry collection CITIES I CAN NEVER RETURN TO.
The point is it ISN'T JUST about politics any longer. It's about morality and I agree there's a line there that's now been crossed that hadn't been before by people I used to respect...
The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that.
Patriotic Americans should question what kind of person could support someone who starts senseless wars, is a serial adulterer, an admitted sexual predator,a pathological liar, a megalomaniac,has gone bankrupt six times, has 34 felony convictions, and — not to mention — is tied to the Epstein files.
