Michael Patrick Collins

Michael Collins’ poems have received Pushcart Prize nominations and appeared in numerous journals and magazines.  He also specializes in long form reviews of poetry and fiction and has published them in many literary venues. He is the author of the poetry chapbooks How to Sing when People Cut off your Head and Leave it Floating in the Water and Harbor Mandala and the full-length collections Psalmandala and Appearances, which was named one of the best indie poetry collections of 2017 by Kirkus Reviews. A former local Poet Laureate, he teaches writing at New York University and has taught at The Hudson Valley Writer’s Center, The Bowery Poetry Club, and several community outreach centers.

Publications

• "Sunrise" By Lime Hawk Literary Review (Oct 06 2104)
• "Dead Fish" By Stickman Review (Jun 01 2016)
• "Nightmares of Manners and Meat Pie" By Shadowgraph Magazine (Mar 08 2016)
• "Communion" By The Adirondack Review (Mar 01 2016)
• "Esse in Anima" By The Inflectionist Review Anthology of Poetry (Nov 30 2015)
• "Nightmare of Intercourse with Lightning" By The Florida Review (Nov 30 2015)
• "Vision" By The Heartland Review (Nov 30 2015)
• "The Sacrosanct Mallard of Mamaroneck Harbor,"​ "Katabasis,"​ and "Apostasy" By Modern Poetry Quarterly Review (Nov 17 2015)
• "Genesis" By Roanoke Review (Nov 01 2015)
• "Neighbors" By Constellations (Oct 01 2015)
• "Poem for a Predator" By RiverSedge (Oct 01 2015)
• "Mother's Day" and "Epiphany" By The Homestead Review (Sep 01 2015)
• "Negatives of Soul" By Innisfree Poetry Journal (Sep 01 2015)
• "Nightmare of the Hawk" By Perfume River Poetry Review (Sep 01 2015)
• "The Sacrosanct Mallard of Mamaroneck Harbor," "Katabasis," and "Apostasy" By Sequestrum (Aug 24 2015)
• Harbor Mandala (chapbook) By Finishing Line Press (Aug 01 2015)
• "After High Tide" By Broad River Review (Jul 06 2015)
• "Nightmare of the Glutton: By Red Paint Hill Quarterly (Jun 21 2015)
• "Nightmare of Sprinting and Lions" By Dreams and Nightma (May 15 2015)
• "Images" By Grist (Mar 20 2015)
• "Ars Poetica" By Marathon Literary Journal (Feb 01 2015)
• "Before Day Breaks" By Blotterature Literary Review (Feb 01 2015)
• "Rendering" By Waccamaw Journal (Dec 12 2014)
• "Breakwater" By Epigraph Magazine (Dec 10 2014)
• "between worlds" By Spry Literary Journal (Dec 01 2014)
• "Low Tide" By Old Northwest Review (Nov 01 2014)
• ¿Nightmare with Victim, Hero, and Golden Bird¿ By White Stag Journal (Oct 25 2014)
• Psalmandala (Full-length Collection) By ELJ Publications (Oct 20 2014)
• "Lines" By Driftwood Press Literary Magazine (Oct 10 2014)
• "American Apology" By Cider Press Review (Oct 01 2014)
• "Esse in Anima" By The Inflectionist Review (Oct 01 2014)
• "My Soul Discusses the Iceman I Saw on my Walk Home from Work" By Homestead Review (Jun 22 2014)
• "Semantics" By Tinderbox Poetry Journal (Jun 20 2014)
• "Don't get mad at me, Jesus" By Smartish Pace (Jun 14 2014)
• "My Soul Apocalypses My Dream" By Press Board Press (May 31 2014)
• "Nekyia" By The Penwood Review (May 22 2014)
• "How To Sing When People Cut Off Your Head And Leave It Floating In The Water" By Pank Magazine (May 20 2014)
• "Self-Portrait as a Moebius Strip" By Kenning Journal (May 17 2014)
• "Slave Castle" By Hermes Poetry Journal (May 01 2014)
• How To Sing When People Cut Off Your Head And Leave It Floating In The Water (Chapbook) By Exact Change Press (Apr 26 2014)
• "Soul's Parable" By Stoneboat Literary Journal (Mar 01 2014)
• "My Soul's Self-Portrait" By Grist (Feb 07 2014)
• "Epyllion for Roseann Jr." By Ishaan Literary Review (Jan 22 2014)
• ¿My Soul¿s Music Lesson¿ By The Broken City (Jan 02 2014)
• ¿Post-Modern Post-Secular Apology¿ By Red Paint Hill Quarterly (Jan 01 2014)
• ¿Advice for Sleepwalkers¿ and ¿Apocalypse¿ By Blood Lotus (Sep 05 2013)
• "Public House" By Mobius: The Journal of Social Change (Sep 01 2013)
• ¿To my former yoga instructor:¿ By Red Savina Review (Sep 01 2013)
• ¿Alchemy¿ and ¿Psalmandala¿ By Subliminal Interiors Literary Arts Magazine (Aug 01 2013)
• "Metamorphosis" By Dressing Room Poetry Journal (Jul 24 2013)
• ¿Kenosis¿ By The Subterranean Quarterly (Jul 01 2013)
• "Nightmare with Reader" By Mad Swirl (Jun 17 2013)
• ¿My Soul¿s Elegy for Me¿ By Eunoia Review (May 26 2013)
• ¿Confession,¿ ¿Portrait of My Soul in Trees,¿ and ¿Good Friday¿ By BlazeVOX (Apr 01 2013)
• "Rituals" and ¿Hermeneutics¿ By Danse Macabre (Feb 01 2013)
• ¿Ravensong¿ and ¿Underworld¿ By Glasschord Art and Culture Magazine (Oct 01 2012)