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by Mike Power

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  • The Summer of Love Experience: Politics

    This is the fourth in a six-part series on The Summer of Love, inspired by The Summer of Love Experience exhibit at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco.                                                                      On the bright side, the Giants won 7 in a row On May 13, 1960 the House Subcommittee on Un-American Activities came to San Francisco to… Read more

  • The Summer of Love Experience: Visual Arts

    NOTE: This is the third installment in a six-part series on The Summer of Love, inspired by The Summer of Love Experience exhibit at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. We’ve been down this road before: an unhinged, paranoid president; wars built on lies; emboldened racists and misogynists blaring their hate through mass media into… Read more

  • The Summer of Love Experience: Fashion

    This is the second in a six-part series on The Summer of Love, inspired by The Summer of Love Experience exhibit at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. We’ve been down this road before: an unhinged, paranoid president; wars built on lies; emboldened racists and misogynists blaring their hate through mass media into the public… Read more

  • The Summer of Love Experience: Literature

    This is the first in a six-part series on The Summer of Love, inspired by The Summer of Love Experience exhibit at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. We’ve been down this road before: an unhinged, paranoid president, wars built on lies, emboldened racists and misogynists blaring their hate through mass media into the public… Read more

  • In A Heartbeat

    A life flashes, a life fadesA life goes off like a hand grenadeA life is broken, a life is madeIn a heartbeatIn a heartbeat I knewThere was no forgetting youBut if you want I’ll pretend toIn a heartbeatIn a heartbeat I’ll makeThe unforgivable mistakeGive me your hopes and watch them breakIn a heartbeatIn a heartbeat… Read more

  • Carried On A Breeze

    Honored to have my short story Carried on a Breeze published recently by Sick Lit Magazine. Click on the title to read it. Read more