The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
A single poem, met at the right moment, can change a life.
Search and read all 1,834 pieces by Brian J. Mueller — 1,675 poems, 38 prose pieces, and 121 haiku from 12 published volumes. Free to read and share.
Search by title, first line, poem text, book, or type — results appear as you type. Look inside the poems for any word or line, or wrap a phrase in "quotes" to find it exactly. Use the chips and the book menu to narrow things down.
Brian’s collected pieces, volume by volume.
...wear the ones you have.
I begin counting backwards starting at one hundred, and before getting to eighty I’m fast asleep and being visited by strangely familiar strangers offering their wisdom in riddles. Now that I’m awake, I refuse to count myself back to that place where the spirits can manipulate my unguarded psyche. So I wrestle to stay awake, even though I know there’s a space between this world and that one to make peace with ambiguity.
Published in