I've been teaching a CRW course at the local college since '22. I'm really grateful for it. My favorite assignment is students analyzing/discussing poems. I got into poetry as a sophomore. I took a poetry sect because the fiction course had filled. Full circle stuff, I guess.

Massive prose acceptance. Contract signed. 🙏 Really felt like I needed this. Love how stoked my daughter is.

Unboxing my first book!

Congrats are in order! SLM contributor Michael Hammerle won the December 2023 Flash Flood at the American Literary Review for his piece "Angel Numbers." buff.ly/3NMqWSL

“Like death, the violence was just where the thing ended,” Grandma said. “Your grandpa loved the training, the starving, the heat, the cold, the purpose. I know his least favorite part was the violence.” Michael Hammerle mrbullbull.com/newbull/fictio…

New flash fiction piece, "DNR" in BULL. Typical stuff: valhalla, grandparents, dogs, kickboxing. Give the story a read. It's maybe? funny and sad like most of my writing. BULL and Benjamin Drevlow are awesome. Thanks for picking up another one!

"'He retired undefeated as a kickboxer. Being resuscitated, he felt, was his first defeat.'” DNR by Michael Hammerle in BULL mrbullbull.com/newbull/fictio…

Grateful that a few poems were accepted this week by Revolution John and Wasteland Review— OPEN SUBS.

Today on Revolution John, Michael Hammerle (Michael Hammerle) delivers a couple of poems worth flying a kite in a storm for. "Storyteller" and "Staccato" now up. revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/jun…

Check out Mike Hammerle's online home at mikehammerle.com, then come over to Revolution John to read his latest (as of this tweet) poems. revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/jun…

I have two poems about Pop, kites, hot air balloons, and memories in Revolution John. Thanks for giving these a nice home, @Prof_AN_Smith!

New prose poem in Wasteland Review— OPEN SUBS :) this is a nice one about playing with lights in the dark and all the things and shapes you see: beach trips, KOA, glow sticks, grandparents, the slip and slide of memories that pour in. wastelandlitmag.com/2024/08/03/ear…

Awesome acceptance of a packet of poems Louisiana Literature ! Super grateful to be back in one of my favorite mags. 🐊🐊🐊🐊

Okay, I got full of tequila and chose some Best of the Net noms: Meagan Lucas Swetha Amit JD Clapp Colin Gee Michael Hammerle Meg Tuite Alannah (fully loaded) @SuperHeavy666 revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2024/09/14/sep…

I'm grateful for a couple copies of the latest Louisiana Literature! Thank you Jack Bedell and the editors. I was so excited to share pages with friends, @laughingyeti and Steve Lambert. The team put together a killer lineup. Thanks again!

Really nice acceptance for a short piece. Looking forward to sharing it later this month.

Thanks for publishing this piece, Melissa Flores Anderson on Broken Hearts Gallery Literary. Read the whole thing below. instagram.com/brokenheartsli…