WORDS BY AMY MICHELLE
Author| Poetic Storyteller| Lyricist
WHERE STORY MEETS SOUL
Welcome to Words by Amy Michelle. I am so glad you are here!
I’m Amy Michelle Kennedy — a published author, poetic storyteller, and memoirist living and writing from the heart of Charlotte, North Carolina. My writing is born from ache, shaped by grace, and softened by light.
I write for the ones still healing, the ones carrying stories too big for silence, and for the ones who've learned to keep going, even when everything inside them is exhausted. Much of my work is rooted in grief, faith, and survival. I was adopted at age six after a traumatic early childhood, and I've spent my life navigating the long path of healing and reclaiming my voice.
Through poetry, lyrics, letters, and storytelling, I seek to tell the truth — even the hard parts — and to offer beauty without pretending it came easily.
I believe words can be both mirror and balm.
I hope mine are a little of both for you.
My ears bleed
from whispers lost—
fragments of breath
ghosting through dusk,
soft as regret,
fading into
the marrow of silence.
— excerpt from my poem “Bleeding Quiet" from my book "Where the Wildflowers Grow"
🌿 WHAT'S BLOOMING
This is where I share what’s fresh, new, and growing in my creative world — a space for the words, moments, and people that are lighting up my heart right now. Whether it’s a brand-new poem, a milestone, or a cause I deeply believe in, you’ll find it blooming here first.
Blueprint of My Sky
This is my latest poem written on 8/7/25. Born from a recent Writing for Wellness workshop with Guerilla Poets, this piece is a reflection on dreams, hope, and the places our hearts long to go.
CLICK PLAY to hear me read it aloud — words stitched with gold, straight from my sky to yours.
✨ Blueprint of My Sky
I dream in colors the world has not named,
shades stitched from hope and half-lit mornings,
threads of gold pulled from the edge of tomorrow,
woven into a map I carry in my chest.
I dream of voices that heal instead of harm,
of hands that reach without hesitation,
of streets that hum with kindness
the way summer hums with bees.
I dream of art spilling from my fingertips,
letters and lines like lanterns on the water,
guiding strangers to something familiar—
a truth they forgot they knew.
I dream of roots deep enough to hold me steady
and wings wide enough to take me anywhere,
of laughter that echoes in rooms I have yet to enter,
of a love that feels like a long-awaited home.
Some dreams are quiet,
like a garden waiting for rain.
Some roar like oceans in my veins.
But all of them—
every single one—
is stitched into the blueprint of my sky.
🌸 Spotlight: Guerilla Poets
The Guerilla Poets are an incredible nonprofit arts organization dedicated to bringing creativity, hope, and empowerment to communities in need. Through workshops, public art, and performances, they work with underserved youth, shelters, rehabilitation centers, and other outreach programs to provide safe spaces for expression.
They believe in the transformative power of the arts to heal, inspire, and unite — and their work proves it every day. If you’d like to see their inspiring projects and support their mission, you can find them here:
📸 Instagram: @guerilla_poets
A LETTER FROM AMY MICHELLE
Dear Beautiful People,
If you've found your way here, thank you! Whether by curiosity, by invitation, or by something deeper pulling you in--I'm grateful you're here. This space was born from a tender place in me: a place where grief and beauty hold hands, where silence speaks, and where healing begins, word by word. The poems, the letters, the spoken moments--they're pieces of a soul that's known for both breaking and mending. I don't come offering perfection. Just honesty. Just heart. My hope is that something here meets you where you are--whether you're standing in the light or sitting in the wreckage. I also hope that a phrase stirs your spirit, a verse offers you breath, or a simple truth reminds you: YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Thank you for witnessing these words. Thank you for bringing your presence. It means more than I can say.
With love from the quiet places,
Amy Michelle