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by Mike Power

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  • Anyone who dies

    Anyone who dies without knowing love is a fool Anyone who dies with love in their heart is a different kind of fool We all die alone We all die together a little piece at a time and leave a big mess behind When we are asleep we get a sneak peek at how things Read more

  • Bad

    The last time I was in a recording studio was April, 2013. I have written dozens of songs since then but have only recorded rough demos of them, until now. For my first studio recording in seven years I chose one of my most recent songs, written  just as the pandemic hit. Recording studios are Read more

  • Magic

    In days gone by there was a thing called magic that was not a joke. There was nothing of illusion about it. It was, for a long time, the most powerful force that any of us knew. It did not go away so much as hid its face behind a series of masks that we Read more

  • Transmission

    The day that I collided with your satellite is one that I will not forget. My trajectory was forever changed. I will never reach whatever star I was hurtling towards before our intersection altered my course. It is interesting how entropy works, like gravity, to steer such wobbly ships as mine. I never figured out Read more

  • Don’t Believe All You Read In The Headlines

    It is disturbing to watch the fabric of reality being torn in two. Each reality seems, in the eyes of its beholder, to be absolute and inviolable. To me, it seems obvious that we should take the advice of medical professionals to maintain social distancing and wear a face covering in public to contain the Read more

  • To His Coy Mistress

    Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain, I would Love you ten years before the flood. Read more