Michael Casey was born in 1947 in Lowell, Massachusetts. After graduating from Lowell Technological Institute in 1968, Casey was drafted into the US Army and served as a military policeman in Missouri and Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province.<\/p>\n
His first collection of poetry, Obscenities<\/em>, was published in 1972 and chosen for the Yale\u00a0Younger Poets Award.\u00a0The poems were largely inspired by his time in Vietnam. His stay at Fort Leonardwood, Missouri, provided the setting for a later book, The Million Dollar Hole, <\/em>in 2001.<\/p>\n Casey exhibits three distinctive assets throughout his work:\u00a0 an abundance of impression mixed with a frugality of expression, an uncanny ability to recreate atmosphere through the faithful reproduction of speech, and a willingness to avoid taking himself in his role as an observer too seriously. The Harvard Crimson, August 1972.http:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/1972\/8\/15\/obscenities-pbebven-the-movies-say-war\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n After military service Casey started a Masters in physics at SUNY Buffalo, but with the publication of Obscenities<\/em> changed course and pursued creative writing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Michael Casey reading at Manchester Community College, April 2013 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=63UIw_7BhZw<\/a><\/p>\n An interview from 2011 from the Voices Compassion Education website http:\/\/voiceseducation.org\/content\/michael-casey-vietnam-poet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Michael Casey was born in 1947 in Lowell, Massachusetts. After graduating from Lowell Technological Institute in 1968, Casey was drafted into the US Army and served as a military policeman in Missouri and Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province. His first collection of poetry, Obscenities, was published in 1972 and chosen for the Yale\u00a0Younger Poets Award.\u00a0The poems Continue Reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1980,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-poet-bio.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\nMichael Casey’s Poems<\/h3>\n
Resources for Michael Casey<\/h3>\n