Making Our Own Rules

Michael Hogan's poetry collection, Making Our Own Rules, draws from fifteen years of work, offering sixty pages of powerful, direct poems that explore human experience and worldly suffering. His verse, characterized by a vernacular cadence and a focus on authenticity, reflects a deep sense of humility and compassion, often utilizing silence to deepen its impact. Rooted more in a Yeatsian tradition than Modernism, Hogan’s poems eschew ego and superficiality, inviting readers into a space of potential radical transformation.