MB48

When I was in high school, instead of collecting signatures in my yearbooks, I’d write down lyrics from songs significant to me that year. It was my way of marking the moment, and remembering where and who I was just then. Several years ago, I started making...

MB47

When I was in high school, instead of collecting signatures in my yearbooks, I’d write down lyrics from songs significant to me that year. It was my way of marking the moment, and remembering where and who I was just then. Several years ago, I started making...

My Faith and Ashland University’s Proposed Social Issue Policy

I am neither gay nor bisexual, nor am I a self-described Christian. When I was younger, I tried very hard to be a Christian. It seemed on the outside to be an irrefutably good idea. It didn’t take. Christ’s compassion and self-sacrifice to protect humanity from...

For the last time

At night I’m driving in your car Pretending that we’ll leave this town We’re watching all the street lights fade And now you’re just a stranger’s dream I took your picture from the frame And though you’re nothing like you seem Your shadow fell like last...

Fine Art Site Updated

My fine art site, michael-bird.com has been updated with new work. Additionally, it is now mobile-friendly and is free of Flash-based graphics.