Poet and musician Michael D. Amitin travelled the roads of the American West from California – east through the smoky burgs and train depot diners of Western Colorado, before moving to Paris, France, in 2009, where he currently lives.

Named International Beat Poet Laureate 2020-2021, Amitin’s poems have been published in California Quarterly, Poetry Pacific, North of Oxford, PoetryontheLake, Love Love Magazine, Litterateurrw, The Dreaming Machine, and many others. His first chapbook, Shadow Morphine Dress, was released with Anxiety Press in 2024, and his Rainy Night Paris is slated for spring ’26.

A collaboration with Parisian photographer Julie Peiffer has given rise to “Riverlights,” which can be found on Fb @ Riverlights. Amitin’s poetry can also be discovered on FB and Instagram sites bearing his name.