Archive - Good Words

poem: Wander into the Wilderness

"a heaven made of stars, fires blazing bright, lights the way home."

Jul 13, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

May 2022

poem: The Light of All the Stars

"And you pass through pain, abandon principal and protest"

May 27, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

April 2022

poem: Love is a Choice

"When I kissed you and lightning charged in like shrapnel and everything was sweetly wild?"

Apr 6, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

February 2022

Poem For a Daughter Standing Beside a Frozen Lake

"Ice plates, hurled to the edge of the shore by the wind and the waves"

Feb 21, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

poem: Winter Night

Winter Night This poem originally appeared at Paper Swans Press as part of their poetry advent calendar. Snowy branches silvered by moonlight spread out…

Feb 12, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

poem: Perfections

"where the shore rock forms long cold plates and the furrowed clouds hang low and heavy over the water."

Feb 5, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

January 2022

poem: Saturday Afternoon, Landon Bay

"There is no wind just a drowsy stillness…"

Jan 30, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

poem: I love it when she wears my old jeans

I love it when she wears my old jeans worn and ripped and hanging loose on her hips and I like to think that at some point during the day when she has…

Jan 10, 2022 •

Michael McCourt

December 2021

poem: Song of the Morning

"Listen! Joy begins as a seed in the blossoming of each new day. It unfolds with the day, exploding out from the centre like a universe."

Dec 21, 2021 •

Michael McCourt

September 2021

"Cal went fast, and Katie hollered out the window, and that late afternoon, with its sun sitting low over the horizon, was full of laughter and life."

Sep 7, 2021 •

Michael McCourt

August 2021

Aug 27, 2021 •

Michael McCourt

June 2021

short fiction: Just Walk Away, Dear

“Come on Jack, you’re running out of time.” His dad’s words were soaked in frustration.

Jun 15, 2021 •

Michael McCourt

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