MICHAEL KESHIGIAN is the author of seven poetry chapbooks, Translucent View (Four-Sep Publications, 2000),  Dwindling Knight (BoneWorld Publishing, 2000),  Silent Poems (Four-Sep-Publications, 2004), Seeking Solace (Language and Culture.net, 2007),  Warm Summer Memories (Maverick Duck Press, 2007),  Jazz Face (Big Table Publishing 2009), and Wildflowers, recently released by Flutter Press (November, 2011) His poetry has been widely published in numerous national and international journals, anthologies, and a variety of periodicals as well as many online publications, including The Oklahoma Review, Red River Review, The California Quarterly, The Sierra Nevada College Review, Illya's Honey, and The Foundling Review.  He has been a feature writer for The Aurorean, Bellowing Ark, Poetree Magazine, The Pegasus Review, The Illogical Muse, Cynic Magazine, Chantarelle's Notebook, and The Westward Quarterly, interviewed by Boston Literary Magazine; Fall 2007 issue(bostonliterarymagazine.com) and Reader’s Choice in the Fairfield Review. His poetry has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize on three occasions (2003, 2007, 2011) and Best Of The Net in 2007.

  Recently, two of his poems, Mt. Washington Cougar and Fish Cove were selected to appear in the New York City newspaper (both print and online versions) The Culvert Chronicles.

One of his current projects included a series of poems (Lunar Images) regarding aspects of lunar influences effecting everyday perspectives. The poetry was set to music (for narrator, clarinet, and piano) by Dennis Leclaire, composer and Professor of Music at Berklee College in Boston, MA. Performances by William Lipman (clarinet), Louis Stewart (piano), and Kathryn Wright (narrator) took place at Berklee College on March 7, 2011 and Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, TX on November 5, 2010.  An additional performance also took place in Moleto, Italy in September, 2011.  A sampling of poems appears on the writings page.

      Two more of his poems (Mustang Muscle/Theology) have been included in an anthology of Baby Boomer poetry published by Poet Works reflecting the thoughts of a generation.

     His latest efforts will be published in the forthcoming journals later this year: Avocet, Illya's Honey, Oklahoma Review, Blue Pepper, Apollo's Lyre, BirdsEye Review, Red River Review, and Harp-Strings Poetry Journal. His short story, The Running Itch, is now online on the site Muscadine Lines. A full length poetry book, Lakes Region, is in the process of publication and due out from Primeval Press mid-2012.