Words & Music

by Mike Power

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  • Behind the long stare

    When I was young Hands pulled at my skirt. Now children and grandchildren Tug at my hands Seventh Century Japanese rice-planting song Read more

  • Mars (live)

    Here’s the first video from my show at the Kraine Theater on 9/22/19. Thanks again to everyone who came out – the support was palpable and encouraging. The band is: Vinnie Armanino – guitar Dan Paccione – bass and vocals Chris DeRosa – drums The camera work and background visuals are provided by Daniela Croci.… Read more

  • Robert Hunter 1941-2019

    Fare you well my honey Fare you well my only true love All the birds that were singing have flown, except you alone I am not qualified to call myself a Deadhead in the same way that I am not qualified to call myself a Christian. To be a Christian you need to believe in… Read more

  • Killing Christina – Part 4

    I wake with the dream still more real than reality. There were three of us – me, Christina, and Death – sitting around a table. Death wasn’t in his stereotypical guise, with the hooded cloak and scythe. Instead, he wore a baseball cap, a T-shirt with something rolled up in its sleeve, and jeans. But… Read more

  • Killing Christina – Part 3

    Uncle Bob’s cabin in December is the coldest place on Earth. The temperature might get lower somewhere else, it even gets lower here later in winter, but the shock of the first frost, in the heart of the longest nights of the year, puts a shiver in my bones that nothing can relieve except another… Read more

  • Killing Christina – Part 2

    I tried telling myself lies about her: She’s an idiot. She’s unstable. She’s not that beautiful. The charms of her smiles, her thoughts, and her scents have no effect on me. But every lie was so foul that it made me sick to pretend they were true. I tried imagining parallel realities where we never… Read more