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 tips

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.


The Circle

I’m gonna need a whole day
to sit with the Creator
whom I will beseech
to imagine the story within me
I am now beginning to share with you.

This whole thing,
this life,
the familiar and the unfamiliar,
are a circle
in which we meet
again and again
never-ending,
with obvious similarities,
though never exactly the same.

Don’t worry about falling out,
as this looping circle
will always be there to catch you.