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Finding Beauty in Our Broken Stories · Michael Poeltl
From the Writings of Michael Poeltl
poem by
Michael Poeltl
The guns reminded me that this was just an attempt to punch holes in the darkness which enveloped us
now. - The Judas Syndrome (2009)
The more these brilliant people engage in her reality, the more she feels permitted to experience
it. – Cleo McCarthy Time Travel & Other Impossible Things (2023)
I often feel like I’m simply haunting the world I inhabit – The Haunting of Grosvenor House (2026)
In such a person, sadness breeds purpose. They find inspiration in the darkness. Oftentimes, I believe,
they will impress a Hell onto their own lives in order to recreate it so that others might suffer the
experience from the comfort of their armchairs. – Her Past’s Present (2013)
He went to work dismantling the labyrinth as the Minotaur slept off her Nicotine and online shopping
addictions. - Waning Metaphorically (2015)
Her fingers were like gold where they held the filter… she wrapped her golden fingers around his hand,
and Jonah instantly felt richer. - The Blind Affect (2021)
No karmic debt ever goes unpaid, but sometimes it needs a nudge. - Killing Karma (2022)
He speaks for those who have no voice in this escalating war and, in doing so, gives them power. - A.I.
Insurrection (2018)
A cautionary tale about ignorance and the apocalypse. - An Angry Earth (2016)
One makes one’s own luck in life. Luck is not something gained or lost through some silly
superstition - West of Noreaso (2013)
It’s all about the science of your spirit – If a Tree falls in the Forest (2014)
Reflections