Glen Armstrong presents two disquieting poems that move from the space of a family home into the pits of war.
The world had loosened its tie — Two Poems by Glen Armstrong
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Glen Armstrong
Glen Armstrong (he/him) holds an MFA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and edits a poetry journal called Cruel Garters. He has three current books of poems: Invisible Histories, The New Vaudeville, and Midsummer. His work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Conduit, and The Cream City Review.
No World Safe Enough — Three Poems by Glen Armstrong
All the way from the Great Lakes State, Glen Armstrong brings our readers three poems that dig deep into the quotidian to retrieve a depth that often times goes unnoticed. Armstrong employs the power of the verse to unveil the magic of the everyday. In his own words, the poet introduces his work as “selections from a series of poems that attempt to mine magic from the mundane. They take place in the here and now, but search for primal human experiences in the bric-a-brac of pop culture and modern life.” Our Kashmiri and international readers will be delighted to know that Glen Armstrong was the late poet Agha Shahid Ali’s student at one point and now teaches writing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. His book of prose poems, “Invisible Histories,” is forthcoming.