On December 1st, 2009, during his very first visit to Busboys and Poets in DC, Michael was inspired to write a minimum of one haiku a day every day. Three years and a few thousand haiku later, Half a World Away is his third volume of haiku. This collection contains a year's worth of poetic musings on life, loss, and retail hell. Plus, there are movie reviews, song parodies, and full color photos of things that inspired some haiku.