A new poem and recording by alumnus Michael Collins (poetry, ’03) appears online at Kenning Journal:
Self Portrait As A Mobius Strip
It’s true: Soon as you discover the underground stream
you’ve been wading through while searching
for a restroom is really a river
of urine and shit, the irony’s often enough
to ruin your journey. Don’t worry,
you can’t smell in dreams. And it isn’t real
excrement, just an image. Grow whole
with what the upperworld rejects. In the darkness below
Avernum, in the cradle of the dead,
your old man awaits you with answers: A bride
with a smile like a Sibyline breeze, a new land
…
Finish reading online.