Michael Robins is the author of five collections of poetry, including The Bright Invisible (2022) and People You May Know (2020), both from Satunalia Books. His recent work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Cimarron Review, Cincinnati Review, Heavy Feather Review, Laurel Review, Pine Hills Review, New England Review, RHINO, Sixth Finch, Southern Indiana Review, and Sugar House Review. Born in Portland, Oregon, Michael holds degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He lives Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he teaches in the MFA Program at McNeese State University and edits The McNeese Review. More at Substack and Saturnalia Books.

Two Poems from Bear Review