About the author
Michael VanCalbergh is a writer, poet, and reader holding it down in central Illinois. Below is a running list of his poetry, writing, ect. that are still available on the interwebs. Please check out the other work he does besides Widely Read!
Publications
Poetry:
"Dear Kristen" https://www.eclectica.org/v13n4/calbergh.html
"Denny's Mid-Afternoon" https://percontra.net/issues/32/poetry/dennys-mid-afternoon/
"The Mud God" (which originally appeared in Apex Magazine) and "The Story of Men" https://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2017/04/michael-vancalberghs-incredible-tattoo.html
"Stripping Scrap Wire" https://panoplyzine.com/stripping-scrap-wire-michael-vancalbergh/
"The Best Use of My Time in the Universe Where You're Still Alive" https://panoplyzine.com/the-best-use-of-my-time-in-the-universe-where-youre-still-alive-by-michael-vancalbergh/
"Dreaming I'm My Ancestors" https://gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/2018/05/31/dreaming-im-my-ancestors/
"Two Skeletons Found Holding Hands for 700 Years" https://gingerbreadhouselitmag.com/2018/01/31/two-skeletons-found-holding-hands-for-700-years/
"Instructions for My Father's Mortician" https://tinderboxpoetry.com/instructions-for-my-fathers-mortician
"Mother Mary Under I-90" https://tinderboxpoetry.com/mother-mary-under-i-90
"7 Aphorisms Delivered During a Smoke Break" https://thefigureone.com/2c/vancalbergh/
"Meteor" https://atticusreview.org/meteor/
"Third Shift Morning" https://rappahannockreview.com/michael-vancalbergh/
"The Kitchen Table Makes an Offering" https://rappahannockreview.com/issue-7-1/contents/poetry/michael-vancalbergh-2/
"My Father as Ulysses" https://autofocusbooks.com/mag/my-father-as-ulysses?rq=vancalbergh
"My Father Says, 'This Fly is Immortal'" https://beavermag.org/michael-vancalbergh/
"Self Portrait of the Flooding in Southern Illinois as Horror Movie Trailer" https://pastel-pastoral-magazine.weeblysite.com/uploads/b/b14e3810-5a7e-11eb-8164-8135cf11f2a3/2da49260-58ad-11ed-9eb8-ed1f45335924.pdf
"This Love is Also a Father's Love" http://www.parenthesesjournal.com/issue-13/this-love-is-also-a-fathers-love-michael-vancalbergh/
"Visiting with Judy" https://unstamatic.com/2022/10/22/visiting-with-judy-michael-vancalbergh/
"Elegy on a Subway Platform" https://rockpaperpoem.com/Elegy-On-A-Subway-Platform.html
"The Very Short Memoir of an Ant" https://rockpaperpoem.com/The-Very-Short-Memoir-Of-An-Ant.html
"The Conductor" and "Tower People and Earth People" https://www.cobra-milk.com/04-michael-vancalbergh.html
"The Elves and the Child of Divorce" https://feralpoetry.net/the-elves-and-the-child-of-divorce-by-michael-vancalbergh/
Where to find Michael
