
2010 is the year of the illustrated poem—several small presses are releasing poems with extensive line drawings. Please enjoy this fabulously weird poem and coloring book from Michael Harold (who often writes under the name Michael Aro) and his son, Micah Harold:

Libro Del Colorante is a 12 megabyte Adobe Acrobat file. To read it, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download.

Micah Harold is a painter, musician, magician and tattoo artist. His graphic art has been featured in the Made-for-TV movie Not Like Everyone Else and his paintings have been exhibited in universities, galleries and museums. He is married with two children. He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Michael Harold is a multi-media artist, poet, novelist and technologist. His books include M, The Rapture, Two Poems, Red Moon, somewords.com and Art and Technology. He has five children and six grandchildren. He lives in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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