Author Archives: Michael Tyler

By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence The title of my first book is Water For The Soul: A Father’s Hope for His Son. It began as a journal I was keeping, when I was being denied seeing my eldest son in the aftermath of a bitter divorce. My journal entries were not a log of myContinueContinue reading “My Mother Taught What Aesop Didn’t”

By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Easter not only commemorated the Resurrection of Jesus for the Christian faithful, and signaled the unofficial start of spring, it also evidenced the reawakening and resurgence of our collective national will and civic intent, as the 50501 protests continued what began on April 5th, with the Hands Off demonstrations.   MillionsContinueContinue reading “Now is the Time, by Michael Tyler”

EJS Poet-in-Residence Michael Tyler: “When I think about iconic moments in Black History, my mind immediately begins with the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his best-known oration, the ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. I wrote this poem with 28 lines, in tribute to that moment,ContinueContinue reading “‘The Rhythm of Rectitude’ by Michael Tyler for Black History Month”