Approaching Pianowood Harbor
April 12, 2025
“These poems of Michael Spring are filled with abundant care. He deepens the process of finding alchemy in nature, aligned with both wilderness and wildness.” —Sara Backer
Approaching Pianowood Harbor is the final collection from award-winning poet Michael Spring. He had completed the manuscript, which earned Honorable Mention in the 2024 Sally Albiso Poetry Book Award, before he passed in 2024.
John Amen writes in a Foreword that “Spring’s unsentimental yet reverent appreciation for nature, and its role in human development, was an integral part of his poetic work. There’s an undeniable interdependence between humanity and earth, he suggests; we’re made of the earth, the earth is made of us. We’re inseparable.”
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Michael Spring was the author of numerous poetry books and chapbooks and one children’s book. His most recent poetry book was dentro do som / inside the sound (Companhia das Ilhas, Portugal, 2021). His latest chapbook Kahlo’s Window (SurVision Books, 2023) won the James Tate Prize. Other poetry awards he receoved include The Robert Graves Award, The Turtle Island Poetry Award, runner-up for the Paris Book Festival Award, and an honorable mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award. He was also a recipient of a Luso-American Fellowship from DISQUIET International. His poems appeared in numerous publications, including: Atlanta Review, Crannog, Flyway, Gavea-Brown, The Midwest Quarterly, NEON, New York Quarterly, Paris/Atlantic, Poetry New Zealand, and Spillway. He was a poetry editor for The Pedestal Magazine and founding Editor-in-Chief of Flowstone Press. Approaching Pianowood Harbor, Michael’s final book of poetry, earned Honorable Mention in the 2024 Sally Albiso Poetry Book Awards.
