Michael Carey (b. 1954) is a native of New York City who received his graduate degree from the University of Iowa’s Iowa Writers Workshop.  Carey’s poems have appeared in many publications, including the Wall Street Journal.  He continues to write poetry on his family farm near Shenandoah, Iowa, much of it about the heart and soul of life in the rural Midwest.

 Poetry Inspired by Art on Campus Collection

“Aequanimitas” (Aequanimitas by Tom Askman)

“Air Spiral” (Air Spiral by Susan Fiene)

“Athena on Campus” (dedicated to Lynette Pohlman)

“Border Crossings” (Border Crossing by Luis Jimenez)

“Gaia” (Gene Pool by Andrew Leicester)

“Hard Labor”, 1992 (When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow by Grant Wood)

“His Hands” (dedicated to Christian Petersen)

“HYBRIDS”, 1992 (Hybrids by Andrew Leicester)

“Morrill Hall” (Morrill Hall)

“Silent River” (Silent River by Eric Sealine)

“the jewels” (Marriage Ring by Christian Petersen)

“The Seed: Chant of the Indian Maidens” (Fountain of the Four Seasons by Christian Petersen)

“Thunderhead on the Horizon” (Prairie Tetons by Frederic Rennels)

“water from stone” (History of Dairying by Christian Petersen)

“UNTITLED”, 1992 (G-Nome Project by Andrew Leicester)