Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • West Point Sketchbook

    This is a really short sketchbook because it only has one sketch. I wasn’t in West Point, Orange County, NY, USA, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way for very long but I defy anyone to set foot on the campus of the United States Military Academy there and not come away impressed. This guy, and some Read more

  • Long As I Can See The Light – Mike’s Musical Monday

    I caught up with some old friends last week. My favorites were a pair of women, now in their eighties, who’ve been friends since they were little girls and still take joy in making each other smile with their old stories. Another old friend stayed with me for a few days trying to find some Read more

  • Josh and Emily and Derek and Sophia – Flash Fiction Friday

    Josh was ready to throw in his lot with Emily. He didn’t know her very well but lack of knowledge had never been a serious impediment to the pursuit of his desires. He’d kissed her, twice, and seen her in a bathing suit that hadn’t offered many places for her to hide. He’d absorbed her Read more

  • The Lord’s Prayer

    There’s a lot of poetry in the book I’ve always known as The Bible. The words in there have provided inspiration for innumerable artists throughout the millennia that have past since the words were first put down. The Jewish men who wrote the book that became the foundation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can’t be Read more

  • (I Wanna) Hold You In My Arms

     This is another old song of mine and another one of those unrequited love ones. I used to write a lot of them. When you’re near me darlingI start to shake trying to make myself stand stillI wanna hold you in my armsI wanna hold you in my armsBut my hands are filled When you’re Read more

  • Without True Love We Just Exist

    He takes a drag from his skinny-ass cigar and scrolls through the latest posts on his phone. He adjusts the sunglasses he doesn’t need because it’s not a sunny day. He’s in love, too, of course. Is there anybody who isn’t anymore? If there is, I feel really bad for them. Dionne Warwick sung that Read more