Author: John Michael Antonio

John Michael Antonio is a freelance writer, photographer, poet and screenwriter. He claims his Midwestern roots while at the same time admitting his incurable and insatiable love and addiction for all things New York City. He has been the husband to his wife, the love of his life, for almost thirty years and is a father of three wonderful children. He is an unapologetic male feminist as well as a passionate lover of fashion, art, movies and music from all eras and genres. An endless dreamer, John Michael is also an avid historian, ex-punk rocker and a legendary Internet surfer who sleeps, on average, about four hours a day. His work has also been featured on The Good Men Project.

All I Can Do

November 14, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

I feel the malevolent thunder coming from the Right a howling nativistic storm led by the Orange monster swirling and marshaling for their inevitable attack And all I can do, is breathe the fearful angry air hold the people and things I love tighter and deeper and unflinchingly prepare To Read more

The Revealing

October 17, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

along the road of differences precious stones of similarities are deliciously found so please take your time you are worth the wait slowly and surely for the rest of our lives reveal yourself to me as I reveal myself to you I want to see everything hear everything feel everything Read more

Promises in the Dark

October 3, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

As OMD still sings about hopes and dreams and the ephemeral light of summer fades I know my love for you never will Oh baby those nights we disappeared laughing and speeding into the night in my freedom fighting Camaro The vibrancy of the moment telling us that we were Read more

Are You Armed and Ready to Vote?

September 19, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

OK, in light of where we are at in this country right now, let me dispense with the niceties. If you are a woman in 2016 America, there are forces at work in this country, personified and emboldened by the Republican nominee for President, who want to quell you,take away Read more

I Wish It Was That Simple

September 11, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

“tat,tat,tat” gurgles from his mouth fourteen months in this world concerned only with the navigation of his wagon around the coffee table the sound of the birdies songs outside the window his only distraction laying down for a nap giggling in his security playing with his toes curiously smiling at Read more

Morning Glory

August 30, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

After another fiery night of cradling you and watching you fight your demons I kiss you in the first light of day wanting to vanquish your doubts and fears In our fortress loft above the roar of the teeming and luminous city Love is alive in spite of our relentless Read more

Why Men Secretly Fear Women

August 16, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

naked before me your body and my fears as your touch delivers me to you unleashing an animal passion that engulfs and inspires the stirring and my whispering of the words of eternity as your smiling eyes brush aside my terror and boyish posturings and I clandestinely surrender to the Read more

Beyond the Gaze

August 2, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

For all of my sisters around the world my love for you resides beyond the gaze past the communal judgments and social constructions guiding me through my endeavor of raptly discovering the real you the one behind the mirror image without makeup or mask ephemeral and mysterious whose story needs Read more