Published Poetry
"My Horse and Her Rider" in Amethyst Review, 2026 (forthcoming)
"Membership Card" and "Pressed" in One Art, 2023
"Slow Down" in The Wonder of Small Things, ed. by James Crews, 2023
"Never Run Dry" and "A New Poem Arrives" in Writing in a Woman's Voice, 2023
"Moving" in The Path to Kindness, ed. by James Crews, 2022
"Held Open" in How to Love the World, ed. by James Crews, 2021
"With You," Healing the Divide, ed. by James Crews, 2019
"Before You Carry Me Away" and "Learning to Breathe," in The Wayfarer Magazine, 2018
"Turbines," Third Wednesday, 2018
"Enough" Birchsong: Poetry Centered in Vermont, Vol II, 2017
Author Bio
Michelle Wiegers is a poet from Maine and author of her forthcoming memoir, Wildness Within. Her poetry has appeared in The Wonder of Small Things, How to Love the World, The Path to Kindness, One Art, The Wayfarer Magazine, and Third Wednesday, among others. In her new podcast, Creating Space, she shares poetry and stories from her life to inspire listeners to free their authentic and creative selves. Find her online at michellewiegers.com
Poetry Readings
“The Girl Who Drew Memories” Art Exhibition by Gail Winbury, Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, Vermont, December 3, 2022- February 25, 2023. Michelle’s poem, “Her Many Losses”, was on display next to and inspired by Winbury’s painting, Her Sweater.
The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy poetry reading at Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY on Thursday, September 2022. (Michelle's portion starts at minute 25:25.)
Battenkill Books, Healing the Divide poetry reading. Thursday, June 2019, Cambridge, NY.
Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection Earth Day Poetry Reading at The Left Bank in North Bennington, VT. April 2019.
Family Affair Cabaret at the Bennington Performing Arts Center in Bennington, VT. January 2019.
Birchsong reading at the Dorset Public Library in Dorset, VT. July 2018.
Birchsong Book Launch and poets reading at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT. June 2018
James Crews’s Book Launch of Telling My Father, at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT. February 2018