Michael Battisto

Born: Chicago, IL 1984
Current place of residence: Oakland, CA

Michael Battisto is an Oakland-based poet whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in more than sixty journals, including Modern Haiku, Rattle, Poet Lore, The Normal School, and Iron Horse Literary Review. His work has been nominated for Best of the Net and he is a former chef.

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bottle of pills
empty
as heaven

Modern Haiku 52:3, Autumn 2021

protesters marching
wearing
sweatshop shoes

Modern Haiku 52:1, Winter 2021

military parade
the young mens' faces
empty shells

Modern Haiku 53:3, Autumn 2022

winter grocery store—
the guard lets
the young thief go

Acorn 46, Spring 2021

father's day:
showing my lover
childhood scars

Prune Juice, Issue 35

home
for the holidays:
fire escape cigarettes