Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • 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

  • Summertime

    Edwin Dubose Heyward wrote the novel Porgy in 1925. It’s the story of a crippled beggar living in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina. It’s been called “the first major southern novel to portray blacks without condescension.” Dubose Heyward’s wife Dorothy began working on a stage version of the novel and the play Porgy opened… Read more

  • Breaking Dishes – Mike’s Musical Monday

    I wrote this song a long time ago. It’s a testament to my lack of personal and artistic growth that I still like to play it sometimes, and it still makes sense to me. I take some consolation in the fact that my grammar’s improved. You’re always kissing somebody goodbyeYou act like someone tells you… Read more