Michael Meyerhofer is the author of five books of poetry — including What To Do If You're Buried Alive (free from Doubleback Books). His work has appeared in The Sun, Missouri Review, Southern Review, Rattle, DIAGRAM and other journals. He’s also the author of a fantasy series and six poetry chapbooks.

Other poems by Michael Meyerhofer in Verse Daily:
December 20, 2023:   "Middle of The Story" "Then God took me back to the hospital..."
October 5, 2019:   "Patriotic Cookie" "The sign says it only costs a dollar..."
July 28, 2011:   "Dust" "It seems we've left skin..."
July 21, 2011:   "The Birthdays of Ex-Lovers" "How they pinball through the mind..."
March 17, 2010:   "Skandha" "You nurse the origami of your theory..."
June 15, 2009:   "Diagnosing God" "I wonder what phobia made God..."
June 16, 2007:   "Iconography of the Heart" " We see it haunting lockets, cards..."
October 19, 2006:   "The Trouble with Hammers" " The trouble with owning hammers..."

Other poems on the web by Michael Meyerhofer :
Two poems
"Dear Daughter"
"After My Step-Brother Gets Shot and Killed by Cops in Milwaukee"
"Climate Protesters Throw Soup Over Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'"
"My Mother Sent Me"
Four poems
Five poems
Four poems
Three poems
"Cruelest of All Are the Gods Who Never Frown"
"Poem for a Stranger"
Four poems
Two poems
"Tornado Alley"
Two poems
"The Workman"

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About What To Do If You're Buried Alive:

"With a compassionate eye, and his trademark sense of humor that hooks readers from the very first page, Meyerhofer sends us back to our earliest memories, and shows us a world of heartbreak and wonder."
—Mary Biddinger