Month: May 2025

• A Few Words on Paranoia

  I debated on whether or not to make this post, but ultimately, I think it’s a good thing to be transparent, if in that transparency somebody else can take encouragement…

• A Few Limericks!

  I was vaguely familiar with the word limerick and that word’s connection to poetry before last year, but it wasn’t until I came across a poem of Edward Lear’s titled…

• Oddfellows Passage – Second Chapter

  This is the second chapter of the first true epic poem that I wrote, Oddfellows Passage: A Maritime Tale. I mentioned that I’m starting work on a children’s novel, and…

• Why I Write Whimsy

  I spent a good deal of yesterday hiding underneath my blanket and, as best as I could, becoming the third cushion of a couch that should only have two. I…

• Oddfellows Passage – First Chapter

  The middle and high schools that I attended in Connecticut tried to teach me a great many things I didn’t want to be taught. One of these was poetry. The…

• A Few Words on my Introduction to Poetry

  The first time I wrote a poem as an adult, I was twenty-seven. This was three years ago, or thereabouts, and I had been reading about the life of Rich…

• What makes a website?

  No really, I’m asking! Hello there, internet and beyond, my name is Michael Riley! I am a person just like anyone else, and one thing that I enjoy doing is…