You Must Have Your Famine : Spartan Press : 9781952411403 : 1952411408 : 13 Jan 2021 : In, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR FAMINE, by Michael Poage, understand you will never go without. Poage supplies plenty of sustenance through his intricate detailing and depiction of intimacies, losses, and the ravings and solace found in the world at large. This is an 'old soul' poet who knows himself well, choosing each word for impact and understanding; and he does so with unique languaging. ...the fabric tulip keeps its shape...a handsome violence... My heart is bone, not flesh... Beggar's Belief, is one of the most powerful poems in this collection. This is a body of work to ingest and find provision for both body and soul. -Ronda Miller is a Life Coach and a former state president of Kansas Authors Club, 2018-2019. Her five books of poetry include, I Love the Child, winner of The Children's Book Award in 2020 at the state Kansas Authors Club Convention. In You Must Have Your Famine, Michael Poa