Michelle Wiegers Author

09/03/2026

Some encouragement today from my desktop and my husband’s poem. I’m feeling just about ready to break free friends! 💥🚀🎉

08/20/2026

When I first wrote this poem, in 2017, I was just discovering my voice as a poet and writer. And when those stained-glass trees caught my eye, I breathed them in as I began to burst with the desire to write about what I was seeing.

This was such a life-orienting moment. I didn’t want to take a picture of it, draw it or talk about it with anyone. I simply needed to write about it. And that’s exactly what I did as soon as I walked back to my campsite.

This poem, and the moment it illustrates, helped me know with such confidence and conviction, that my primary way of experiencing and seeing the world is as a poet and writer. What a gift this paddle on the water gave me that day!

And so it makes me very happy to now have it published. Huge gratitude to The Windhover journal and editor, Dr. Toby Coley.

08/18/2026

Look what arrived today!? My freshly published poem, "My Sanctuary" is out in the current issue of The Windhover! I'm looking forward to sharing this poem with you all soon!

07/30/2026

Summer in Maine is abundant, beautiful and short. I’ve been out in it, embracing as much as I can! Here’s a peek into these few months.

1. One step at a time towards living this life to the full.
2. Summer smoothies with Maple sundogging in the background.
3. Kayaking at sunset on Cupsuptic Lake.
4. My favorite kind of water fun.
5. Summer breakfast bowls.
6. Rangely with my love.
7. Raspberry love
8. Poppy about to open
9. Wild surprise of a poppy
10. S**o River reflections
11. New camp rug showing me some love
12. My new office!
13. Writing by the river.

07/28/2026

I've got a newly published poem coming with The Windhover's August issue! I can't wait to have it out in the world! 💜

Here's our excellent lineup of authors for The Windhover issue 30.2 (published in August).

07/16/2026

I'm on a writing retreat and I just can't help but post my adventures kayaking on the S**o River today!! Cows, no kidding. I came across cows. 😂🐄🛶 (Sound on to hear my play by play!)

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07/09/2026

Sound on to hear me read my poem "Slow Down," originally published in "The Wonder of Small Things," by James Crews. Thanks for listening!

07/07/2026

Happy summer friends! I have been working a ton in my gardens in recent weeks, which has kept me from sharing in this space as much. And now I’m feeling the pull again to slow down, to enjoy the beauty that’s already here, even though not all the mulch has been laid down yet and there’s lots of weeding to be done!

So my poem, Slow Down (originally published in “The Wonder of Small Things,” edited by James Crews), is surfacing again to invite and encourage me to slow down right here in the midst of the flurry of garden activity and efforts.

I find this poem speaking to me in every season and I hope you’ll feel that too. Please consider sharing it! 🩵

07/05/2026

These hatchlings!! Oh my heart! 🐦💙