Clockwise Cat Issue 40
We lovingly dedicate Issue 40 to our dearly departed (Perpetual) Poet-in-Residence, Felino Soriano. We hereby offer a mini-tribute to him among many other amazing writings and artworks. Stay tuned to an entire tribute issue to Felino, coming up in early Spring, 2019.
We lovingly dedicate Issue 40 to our dearly departed (Perpetual) Poet-in-Residence, Felino Soriano. We hereby offer a mini-tribute to him among many other amazing writings and artworks. Stay tuned to an entire tribute issue to Felino, coming up in early Spring, 2019.
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The man got sucked up a fireplace,<br />
and as he tried to cut his arms off --<br />
under a skeptic’s tunic long enough to drape the world,<br />
everything seemed false all around.<br />
Now they know how to pigeon-hole<br />
themselves in a wide open field.<br />
Now they know how what it’s like<br />
to sit and languish in Nowheresville.<br />
Author bio: Michael T. Smith is an Assistant Professor of the Polytechnic<br />
Institute at Purdue University, where he received his PhD in English. He<br />
teaches cross-disciplinary courses that blend humanities with other areas.<br />
He has published over 30 poems in the last year in over 10 different<br />
journals (including Bitterzoet, Visitant, Tau Poetry Journal, Eunoia Review,<br />
Adelaide Literary Magazine, Bitchin Kitsch, and Taj Mahal Poetry Journal<br />
among others). He also has critical work recently published in Symbolism<br />
and Cinematic. He loves to travel.
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