About The Author – Michael J Olson

Poet and Nerd Philosopher

Michael Olson was raised in the small copper mining town of Bisbee Arizona near the Mexican border. He received a BA in literature and creative writing from the University of Arizona and through a career with a Fortune 50 company eventually made his way to Cincinnati Ohio where he now lives with his wife of over 45 years. He currently facilitates the Cincinnati Writer’s Project poetry workshops with members from around the world and is the President of the nearly 100 year old poetry group GCWL (Greater Cincinnati Writer’s League)

Recent Publishing & Award History

  • My Body, My Church – Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, 2023
  • An Abandoned Mine in the Mountains of Bisbee Arizona – Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, 2025
  • A Moment of Silence Please – Creative Literary Magazine March 2026
  • The Equation Solved at the End of the World –Finalist, Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards 2022
  • The Falling – Finalist, Writer’s Digest Annual Contest Rhyming Poetry Category 2023
  • The Backyard of the Universe –Finalist, Writer’s Digest Annual Contest Rhyming Poetry Category 2024
  • There is a moment — Finalist, Writer’s Digest Annual Contest, Non-Rhyming Category 2025
  • The Falling – LIT Magazine 2024 Issue 37
  • The Equation Solved at the End of the World – Crosswinds Poetry Journal 2023
  • It Was My Turn To Eat The Monsters And They Knew – Orchard Street Press, Quiet Diamonds 2023
  • Creep – Orchard St. Press, Quiet Diamonds 2024
  • I Have Become Echo – Orchard St. Press, Quiet Diamonds 2025
  • I Have Become Echo — SOS ARTS 2025
  • While Summer Left… — SOS ARTS 2025
  • Foster Care — LexPoMo 2021 Anthology
  • Joe’s Bar and Grill — Orchard Street Press Quiet Diamonds 2021
  • Distant Things — Common Threads 2020 (OPA Anthology)
  • The Night After You Killed Me – Within Us (2020 GCWL Anthology)
  • Unspoken Things — Within Us (2020 GCWL Anthology)
  • Strange Houses — Inside Out An Affirming Epiphany 2021
  • I See a Room with Dark Windows — For a Better World 2020
  • Cornered (Redux) — For a Better World 2022
  • X & Y— For a Better World 2022
  • And the Meek Will Inherit — For a Better World 2022
  • It Didn’t Matter Their Fangs — For a Better World 2024
  • The Scariest Show in Town — For a Better World 2024
  •  The Equation Solved at the End of the World — For a Better World 2024