Author Archives: marcbeaudin

About marcbeaudin

Poems, plays, books, roads, trails.

Hundred Highways Tour #65, 66: US-23 & I-75 to Bayliss Library

Posted on September 7, 2017 by marcbeaudin

Being from the lower peninsula of Michigan, the U.P. feels like having a mystical, ghost-like sibling. Yes, we’re related, but something magical and unknown is going on up there. We trolls can visit, we can make jokes about Yoopers, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Hundred Highways, Writing | Tagged Cormorant, libraries, michigan, Poetry, revision, Sault Ste. Marie, travel, Upper Peninsula | 1 Comment

Hundred Highways Tour #59 – 64: I-75, M-33, M-72, M-32, M-68 & M-27 to Purple Tree Books

Posted on September 5, 2017 by marcbeaudin

We flew into Bay City, Michigan—my hometown, though barely recognizably so. All the empty shells of downtown buildings have been given new life with condos and boutiques and gourmet this-and-that’s. The long abandoned shipworks—gigantic, hulking structures with thousands of broken … Continue reading →

Posted in Hundred Highways, Vagabond Song | Tagged Bois Blanc, bookstores, Cheboygan, Enbridge, Great Lakes, highways, Mackinac, Oil, Poetry, travel | 1 Comment

Jazz/Poetry Thing Wrap-up

Posted on August 1, 2017 by marcbeaudin

Thanks again to all the people who came out for the Jazz/Poetry Thing this past June at The Attic in Livingston, Montana. It was an absolute blast to perform with fellow poet Dave Caserio and some really fantastic musicians: Buff … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged Bat Betty, Billy Conway, Buff Brown, Dave Caserio, improv, jazz, Morphine, Parker Brown | 2 Comments