Unfinished Michelangelo (poem)
Unfinished Michelangelo The impossible bodies of apostles, messiahs and slaves, statues that couldn’t have stood had he finished them, faces … Continue Reading Unfinished Michelangelo (poem)
Neighborhood (poem)
Originally published in the Concho River Review, fall 2016 Neighborhood In a neighborhood of windows, the sound of lovemaking. In … Continue Reading Neighborhood (poem)
Not Quite Nostalgia (new essay)
Probably the most personal thing I’ll publish for a very long time, written a few years ago: To save a … Continue Reading Not Quite Nostalgia (new essay)
“Albert Einstein” – New Poem at the Jewish Literary Journal
Many thanks to editor Aaron Berkowitz, who just published my poem about Albert Einstein in The Jewish Literary Journal. Check … Continue Reading “Albert Einstein” – New Poem at the Jewish Literary Journal
Isis in Old Age (story)
Originally published at Bold+Italic It was one of those across the room things, even though the women were both old … Continue Reading Isis in Old Age (story)
“Caedmon Comes to Singing” – new poem at Londongrip
Many thanks to Michael Bartholomew-Biggs, for publishing my poem “Caedmon Comes to Singing” in the new issue of Londongrip. Many … Continue Reading “Caedmon Comes to Singing” – new poem at Londongrip
Poems from Columbine: “The Mother”
The Mother at the Salon She was at the salon hours after another mother sat in the same seat: a … Continue Reading Poems from Columbine: “The Mother”
Poems from Columbine: “Infatuation”
Infatuation She’d be nearing middle age by now, the girl all over Dylan’s journal whose name the books all black … Continue Reading Poems from Columbine: “Infatuation”
Nero & His Mother (poem)
Nero & His Mother I arranged to have her murdered at sea but she just swam to shore as the … Continue Reading Nero & His Mother (poem)
Fire Houses (poem)
If forced to choose a favorite short poem of mine, one that brings together nearly everything I’m interested in, it … Continue Reading Fire Houses (poem)
The Sun Sets into the Sea (poem)
The Sun Sets into the Sea The sun sets into the sea with a hiss and rises with … Continue Reading The Sun Sets into the Sea (poem)
When On High, When I Also Saw the Deep (poem)
Originally published at Isacoustic When On High, When I Also Saw the Deep I. When I also saw the deep … Continue Reading When On High, When I Also Saw the Deep (poem)
Missing Child (poem)
Missing Child The sound of them woke me in the morning, feet kicking up careful spirals of leaves and lean, … Continue Reading Missing Child (poem)
Daedalus & Icarus (poem)
Daedalus & Icarus The old craftsman came to Cumae after a long life of art and flight, love and theft, … Continue Reading Daedalus & Icarus (poem)
A Disciple of Pythagoras Wins a Chariot Race (poem)
A Disciple of Pythagoras Wins a Chariot Race Some oil there in the dirt, some spices gathered into the shape … Continue Reading A Disciple of Pythagoras Wins a Chariot Race (poem)
Odin & Baldr (poem)
Odin & Baldr The High One heard the lowest prophecy: already riddled with the worst of dreams, his boy Baldr … Continue Reading Odin & Baldr (poem)
Kafka’s Sisters & The Remains of Old Yeats (2 poems)
Kafka’s Sisters With thanks I was tubercular and dead by early summer nineteen twenty-four, long in the grave with my … Continue Reading Kafka’s Sisters & The Remains of Old Yeats (2 poems)
Unfinished Michelangelo (poem)
Unfinished Michelangelo The impossible bodies of apostles, messiahs and slaves, statues that couldn’t have stood had he finished them, faces … Continue Reading Unfinished Michelangelo (poem)
Robert Oppenheimer (poem)
Robert Oppenheimer Now I come to write in light and fire in a language of power we all know, beyond … Continue Reading Robert Oppenheimer (poem)
Silence in London II: The Internet will Get You Too
I began this blog in earnest almost six years now, with a post called “Silence in London,” which offered a … Continue Reading Silence in London II: The Internet will Get You Too
Cauldron & Drink (poem)
CAULDRON & DRINK They love their honey and they love the vine, the wine and beer they engender with fire … Continue Reading Cauldron & Drink (poem)
“Bone Antler Stone”: A Reading List for Ancient Europe
Here’s a roll call for all the books & scholars I gained so much from, in writing the poems in … Continue Reading “Bone Antler Stone”: A Reading List for Ancient Europe
“Bone Antler Stone” now available
“Our prehistory now has its poet laureate.” – Barry Cunliffe, Oxford University Download readings from the book below, or read … Continue Reading “Bone Antler Stone” now available
The Island, the Museum, the Church: 3 Readings from “Bone Antler Stone”
My poetry collection Bone Antler Stone—a panorama of ancient Europe from the painted caves of Lascaux to contact with Greece … Continue Reading The Island, the Museum, the Church: 3 Readings from “Bone Antler Stone”
On “Bone Antler Stone”: Ancient Europe, the Narrow Book & Finding Poetry Again
My poetry collection Bone Antler Stone—a panorama of ancient Europe from the painted caves of Lascaux to contact with Greece … Continue Reading On “Bone Antler Stone”: Ancient Europe, the Narrow Book & Finding Poetry Again
Speaking of Short Stories
Back when I used to do a lot of readings, I would start out by sharing somebody else’s work, and … Continue Reading Speaking of Short Stories
“The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old” now available
My book of short stories, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, is now available. My essay on the book … Continue Reading “The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old” now available
There are a lot of lonely people out there, & they deserve a book of stories
There are a lot of lonely people out there, and with my collection of stories The Lonely Young & the … Continue Reading There are a lot of lonely people out there, & they deserve a book of stories
Review of Hymns & Lamentations
Check out the poet Tom Laichas’s review, here, of my 2011 book Hymns and Lamentations, a collection poems on the unsolvable … Continue Reading Review of Hymns & Lamentations
Two Gods – poems by Tim Miller
Originally posted on Amethyst Review:
Two Gods I. Esus with an Axe As if he were winter itself Esus goes at the willow tree, goes to prune it back for a time, promising a spring without blades. And as if…
Risking the Sacred – an essay by Tim Miller
Originally posted on Amethyst Review:
RISKING THE SACRED Many years ago now, while living in California, I was sitting in a mostly-empty university library, surprised to find a literary manifesto in a fairly prominent US magazine. Seeing almost immediately that…
Tim Miller (Bog Poems)
Originally posted on Underfoot Poetry:
LAST MEAL Their stomachs a bestiary only of grain during a time of feasting and boasting…
Don’t Be Such a Boar
After receiving an email from a reader interested in the mythology surrounding bears, I remembered my own obsession with the … Continue Reading Don’t Be Such a Boar
To the House of the Sun: A Poem by Tim Miller
Buy the book here Visit the publisher’s website here Signed copies are now available at a steep discount, directly from the publisher—only $14.95. Order them from Amazon here, and choose S4N Books as the seller. December 16 The poet and … Continue Reading To the House of the Sun: A Poem by Tim Miller
Silence in London
Just back from London, where the hugeness of space and history were hard to ignore. But the experience was always deepest in the smallest space, where something sacred, or just something simply old, could be apprehended intimately, in silence. So … Continue Reading Silence in London
