PinnedInthewrytr.byMike Essig·May 22, 2021“Dance Me To The End Of Love”“Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.” ―Dylan ThomasA response icon4A response icon4
PinnedInThe JunctionbyMike Essig·May 18, 2021The Smile Of Aphrodite — 1971A response icon2A response icon2
PinnedMike Essig·Feb 5, 2017Nocturnal RemissionDeath dropped by last night. I never expect him, but he was lonely and I was available.A response icon85A response icon85
PinnedMike Essig·Sep 26, 2017The Girl Who Knocked: A DramaHe was six days home from war when she knocked on his door. He had been contemplating suicide. Sworn to secrecy by law and strange spooks…A response icon4A response icon4
PinnedInP.S. I Love YoubyMike Essig·Jan 7, 2017Poetry And SexPoetry, like sex, momentarily destroys the misery of the world. Like an exquisite orgasm, for an instant, you disappear into it, released…A response icon26A response icon26
Mike Essig·Oct 22Motel Wall ConcertIt begins with nervous laughter, creaking springs, builds to supplications to Jesus and God,
Mike Essig·Oct 18Still Life With PomegranateThe first pomegranate I ever ate we stole from an orchard along a red dirt road beneath an Aegean sky on the island of Crete.A response icon1A response icon1