Poetica Update

Half-Year Numbers:

Free Subscribers: 288

Paid Subscribers: 4

Total Cash Payout: $11.00

It has been six months and I have had the honor of reading fabulous poetry. Unfortunately, it appears that there is not enough content to justify people to pay.

I am going to continue this experiment and hope that substack lowers the amount that I can charge per month because these poems deserve to be read.

Keep writing and creating!

-Mike

Appendix

Poetry Winners (Paid Subscription Unlocks All)

Roundabouts - What you loose on the roundabouts, you make up on the swings.

Itinerary- Gone away is the place to be.

To Who I Call Home- I have moved into a tranquil state of adjournment.

Fortified With Spirits- Where washed-out bricks bear forth wan echoes out.

World Without Bob Dylan- It clings to you like lambs to Mary

A Slow Apocalypse- In the fading light of the dying sun.

The Wayfarer- The way is narrow, dimly lit and rough.

Worse For Wear- It all just seems so unfair.

Daffodil- Golden and green, she gives us a taste.

Shells- I walked on the beach smoking pipedreams.

Kady (The Last Baby Boomer)- You’re gonna die, but don’t get old.

Lines Written After A Friend Called From The Dublin House- Sent me outdoors; the stillness of all.

For The Love of Silver- You traded our mirth, our joy, our wit.

I Will Stay, Come What May- I will stay, for the trust that needs to be earned.

Check, Please- Pen writing on paper.

SONG OF THE ETERNAL SAILORS- We sailed to the ocean’s edge before the earth was round.

The Road More Travelled By- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.

Waltzheimers- But a little laughter is all she has.

Something Changed Capital Steez- He shot-gunned verbs and blew nouns like trumpets.

The Land of Fey- A hundred poems a day, A hundred gnomes in the land of fey.