Mike's Songs & Poems
December 2025 — October 2026
A few months of writing. Some are songs (mostly composed and produced with Suno); some are poems written longhand or in the middle of the night. They span love, loss, whining, Bogotá, Austin, Bobbi, Jan, and what the toilet seat does or does not do.
A note about this list
Jan Fergus made this list. She kept track of what Mike was writing, in reverse chronological order, with links and dates and the occasional editorial aside. This page is her list, made navigable. Most of the curatorial framing — "rap," "remastered," "second version" — is hers.
October 2026
Lyric videos made with Mike's AI team and published on YouTube on October 29, 2026. These are not part of Jan's list below. The Levin songs' lyrics are by Claude, sung by Suno; lyrics and sources for each are in the Levin Songbook, and all twelve play in one YouTube playlist.
The Compassionate Heart
October 2026
Lyric video
by Greg Christoffel and Noel Paul Stookey
The Levin Lab Freylekhs
October 2026
Song
Klezmer
The Levin Songbook
How Far Can You Care
October 2026
Song
Synth-pop
The Levin Songbook
Cut Me Again
October 2026
Song
Bluegrass
The Levin Songbook
Find My Face
October 2026
Song
Motown soul
The Levin Songbook
Song
Bossa nova
The Levin Songbook
Same Cells, New Shapes
October 2026
Song
Surf rock
The Levin Songbook
Let the Numbers Sort Themselves
October 2026
Song
Electro swing
The Levin Songbook
Come Back to the Body
October 2026
Song
Gospel soul
The Levin Songbook
Where Do Shapes Come From
October 2026
Song
Chamber folk
The Levin Songbook
Song
Indie folk-pop
The Levin Songbook
Tell Them Where, Not How
October 2026
Song
Afrobeat funk
The Levin Songbook
Not From the Armchair
October 2026
Song
Chicago blues
The Levin Songbook
March 2026
Bikin' in Bogotá
March 21, 2026
Song
Rap
Bogotá, Colombia
Batshit Bitches
March 20, 2026
Song
Rap
Austin, TX — with MEA homies
Trivel Drivel
March 11, 2026
Song
Rap
Three versions, all from the same day. Each one better than the last.
February 2026
Please Be My Valentine
February 14, 2026
Poem
LyricsPlease, please be my Valentine.
And let me love you all the time
And listen to you as you whine
About the things that cross your mind
Your aches and pains
Your stresses and your strains
There is no one who complains
The way you do…
And that is one more reason
Why I love you
Crock Song
February 6, 2026
Song
Two versions.
Harsh Not on My Mellow
February 4, 2026
Song
Cancelled Zoom Song
February 4, 2026
Song
Two versions: standard and gospel.
My Not-Beautiful Not-Girlfriend
February 2, 2026
Song
Later version. The earlier one is below.
January 2026
My Not-Beautiful Not-Girlfriend
January 31, 2026
Song
Earlier version.
Lovable App — Countdown
January 26, 2026
Song
Title only on Jan's list — no link captured. Mike, confirm whether a recording exists.
I'll Follow Your Lead
January 25, 2026
Poem
Photographed in Pages. Appeared in the middle of the night.
LyricsI'll follow your lead
I'll let you set the speed
I don't need to know
You set the pace
This isn't a race
We've got plenty of time
I'll go where you lead
I don't have any need
Let love be our guide
Put the Seat Back Down
January 25, 2026
Song
Whatever I Do
January 23, 2026
Poem
Work in process
Work in processWhatever I do
I first share with you
You're the first one I think of
The first one to see
Whatever I do
I'm doing for you
Not just you but a world that includes you
Whatever I do
I do it for you
For the world
And for me
It's Not Just Us Two
January 22, 2026
Song
January 27 Is Coming Soon
January 22, 2026
Song
Lyrics — Jan 21 version[Verse 1]
January 27 is coming soon
As it comes—and will come—every year
And of course that day reminds me of you
Reminds me you're no longer here
[Verse 2]
But you're always with me and close to my heart
I carry you in me wherever I go
We're always together and also apart
You're gone, but you never go
[Chorus]
I'm done crying at least for a while
I started today's cry an hour ago
I let the tears flow till I started to smile
And here's what I want you to know
[Verse 3]
You saw something in me that I couldn't see
Held a vision I couldn't quite hold for myself
I'm growing to be what you always believed
A little more every day
You're the one who shows me the way
[Verse 4 | Tender, intimate]
I talk to you still—I know that you hear
In the silence, in music, in dreams before dawn
I'm not saying goodbye, I'm saying you're here
I say thank you. I love you.
And I hear you say…go on.
[Outro | Soft, fading]
(go on…)
Mesomes and Moresomes
January 19, 2026
Song
Cells Catch the Signal
January 19, 2026
Song
I Just Wasn't Ready
January 19, 2026
Song
Second version. The earlier one is below (January 7).
Stairs, Toes, and John Cage
January 19, 2026
Song
Pas Mon Petit Ami
January 7, 2026
Song
Slipping Away (Bobbi)
January 7, 2026
Song
Remastered
I Just Wasn't Ready
January 7, 2026
Song
First version.
Sleep Love Deep
January 7, 2026
Song
Poem to Jan, Insomniac
January 1, 2026
Poem
An exchange
Jan sent Mike a poem she'd written November 30, 2025. He wrote back: "Great find!"
From JanI'm wondering, if perhaps,
There is a way to share my naps.
Then maybe I could take a snooze,
And send you something you could use.
If that could be I'd sleep all day,
And send my sweetest dreams your way.
A loving gift for what you lack,
My favorite insomniac.
December 2025
Scholar's Lament
December 27, 2025
Song
On whining
Two versions.
That's the list as Jan kept it. More songs are presumably coming, in which case this page will grow.