Michael Shutt

Michael Shutt Poems

Why I Write
By Michael Shutt

People have asked me-
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A cold March Wind
Encased my body
And tousled hair
While I walked through
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January 28,2013

Fog creeps into
The City of Firsts,
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PSH

Born in '67,
gone too soon-
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Her Birthday
is a gift to me.

That started first
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On this day,
The twenty fourth -
September,1896-
A lass of Ireland
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'You're Not
the Son
I wanted.
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The Fireworks
are going off.

The unwashed masses
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Time's Tell.

As I
go in
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'I've thought a lot
about Jim Garner
in the week 
gone past.
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What are
You doing,
Israel?
...

12.

Robin

What is it now?
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For Grandpa

For my Grandfather.
Raymond Walter Riley,
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- - - - - Forwarded message - - - - -
From: Michael Shutt <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Oct 8,2013 at 9: 20 PM
Subject: The Old Gent
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The worlds casino
cashes in-
without regard
or one missed beat,
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A Thousand Days:

Has it been
just fifty years
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Spirit of Santa:

Why is it,
in our modern age,
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In the midst
Of Death,
There is Life.
In the midst
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Oscar Night
2-24-2013

Pampered babies
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Autumn 2013

I took a walk
this afternoon
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Michael Shutt Biography

Started writing after life closed in.)

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Why I Write

Why I Write
By Michael Shutt

People have asked me-
Hey Mike-
Why do you write?
Is it because there's
Money there?
Oh hell. Please.
Don't make me scold.
I do not write for
Caesar's gold.
Or maybe 'cause
There is a cause
You care about
And want to give
A big shout out?
Do you think you
Are such a sage
When you see your name
On a written page?
Oh, hell no friends
It's simply this-
Life's worn me down-
A pale cold kiss
Now spurs me to
Put thoughts to paper.
Life's a dream-
A fleeting vapor.
And so in writing
Do I find
A bit of me
To leave behind.
To say that I once
Breathed Earth's air.
To say that once,
Once,
I was here.
Oct 26,2012 ·


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