Poetry

Syracuse Poster Project poster with poem by Michael Aaron Gallagher.

Michael Aaron Gallagher began writing poetry at a young age. It wasn’t until high school, when he started to explore hidden messages and secret meanings, that his work found an audience and began to be published.

In 1999, his poem “Hello Everyone” was published in The Windmill (literary magazine, Spring issue). In 2011, one of his haiku was featured on a poster for the Syracuse Poster Project on display around the city of Syracuse, New York.

He was asked to be a special guest speaker at the opening ceremonies of the 4th Annual Native Circle festival, where he read his poem celebrating Native American culture in Central New York.

“I wanted to celebrate the cultural importance of the Haudenosaunee people and the significance of Lake Onondaga as a sacred place to the Iroquois,” he said.

To purchase an 11″ x 17″ print of the Syracuse Poster Project’s poster featuring Michael Aaron Gallagher’s haiku click here. All of the proceeds go to support the work of the Syracuse Poster Project.

Below is a list of published, unpublished and never-before-seen poems:

Click to Read the Poems

20th Century

• Hello Everyone

Michael Aaron Gallagher’s poem is featured on this poster from the Syracuse Poster Project.

21st Century

• And I Began With This
• Dear Jane
• If You Were, I Would
• They Compare To You
• The Apartment is Lovely
• Everywhere I Look, You Are
• If You Knew I Knew
• It Never Really Happened
• In the Cupboard
• Red Carpet Gold
• The Long-Legged Jumping Frog
• Tigers: An Essay
• Your Thoughts
• The Song of Morning Doves
• Charm Du Jour
• For You
• When I Close My Eyes
• The Daisies in Your Hair
• Cotton Candy
• Maria
• And In My Dream I Chose The Road Less Traveled
• Your Love, The Lighthouse
• Up At Night
• Les Jardins Sont Verts
• Blue-Forest Evening
• The Polynesian Sun
• Oh Death, Your Familiar Face