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Finding Beauty in Our Broken Stories · Michael Poeltl
From the Writings of Michael Poeltl
by Laird Art Gallery  ·  Jun 16, '26
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)
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