Sunday, February 02, 2025

Recent Poetry by Michael P. Garofalo

 

25 Steps and Beyond:
The Collected Works

By Mike Garofalo

Poetry, Anthologies, Indexes
Studies, Blog, Guides, Travel
Ethics, Art, Koans, Spirituality

 

Highway 101 and Hwy 1

Stepping Over Epiphanies

Sonnets from Gushen Grove

Haiku - North Sacramento Valley

Above the Fog

Daodejing: Indexes, Concordance, Anthology

A Fork in the Crypto Road

The Spirit of Gardening

Exhibits at the Cyber Garden Gazebo: TextArt

Flowers in the Sky

Biography: Mike Garofalo

At the Edges of the West, Volume 1

At the Edges of the West, Volume 2

A Wreck Ahead Comes Into View

Cloud Hands Blog

Cuttings: Month by Month Snippings

How to Live a Good Life

Stuck in Some Concrete Poetry

US Interstate 5 and Hwy 99

The Raven Broke Open the Magical Clam

Pulling Onions: 1,000 One Liners

Four Days at Grayland Beach

Meetings with Master Chang San Feng

25 Steps and Beyond Anthology

Biography: Mike Garofalo

More Poetry by Mike Garofalo

Poetry Research

Interstate 5 and Hwy 99

Five Senses

Memories of Pacific Coast Places

One Old Daoist Druid's Final Journey

Uncle Mike's Cellphone Poetry Series

Fireplace Records Koan Collection

Brief Poems and Haiku

Tao Te Ching: Concordance, Anthology

Zen Buddhist Koans: Research, Indexes

Blooming Onions Pulled from the Mind-Ground

Zen Poetry

Virtues and the Good Life

Villanelle Form Poems

Sonnet Form Studies

Biography: Mike Garofalo

Monthly Observations and Poetry

Green Way Research Index

Body-Mind-Somatics Arts

Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong

Neo-Pagan Spirituality Studies

the scissors of my decisions

more to come ...


Mike Garofalo lives in Vancouver, Washington,
Orchards Neighborhood, Clark County.

He is available for public readings or gigs
in Vancouver, south to Portland, and
north to Longview.

He writes, reads and studies poetry.
His hobbies include:
harmonicawalkinggardening,
taijiquan, string figures and tricks,
yurt camping, and web publishing.

He is a 6'6" Tai Chi Chuan big man,
at 80 years of age.
He has a decent, pleasant, and
friendly speaking voice.

Best to send him email.
Phone: 530-528-3646 (but he seldoms checks)

Mike will be studying, practicing, writing,
yurt camping, and walking outdoors at
Sunset Bay State Park, near Charleston
and Coos Bay, Oregon,
on February 10-13, 2025.

Happy 2025 New Year!!!

 

 

 

Michael Peter Garofalo (1946-) grew up in East Los Angeles,
was educated in Catholic Schools, lived with two other brothers,
graduated (B.A., M.S.) from local universities, married
Blanche Karen Eubanks, served in the US Air Force, worked
in and managed many City and Los Angeles County Public Libraries,
raised two children, socialized, traveled, and learned. Retired as
the Regional Administrator, East Region, Los Angeles County
Public Library in 1998. We moved to a rural 5 acre property
 in Red Bluff, in the North Sacramento Valley, CA. Webmaster
 since 1999. Worked part-time for the Corning School District
(Technology and Media Services Manager); and as a yoga,
Taijiquan, and fitness club instructor until 2016. Traveled
extensively in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington.
We both retired, and we moved to Vancouver, WA, in 2017.
Currently in 2025: reading, writing, gardening, harmonica
playing, string figures playing, activities with grand daughters,
home chores, yurt camping, learning to read Spanish,
exercise, traveling in the Northwest, walking, web publishing,
family events, poetry research, photography, Northwest research,
Nature mysticism, sports events, and other projects.

 

 

 

 

Exhibits at the Cyber Garden Gazebo: TextArt and Concrete Poetry
By Michael P. Garofalo

At the Edges of the West, Volume 1

  

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