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Forgotten Ground Regained

Michael Hessel-Mial

Michael Hessel-Mial (he/him) teaches writing at the University of Minnesota. His speculative poetry draws on world poetry traditions and histories of social struggle. Similar work has appeared or is forthcoming from The Deadlands, Urban Pigs, State of Matter, and forthcoming from Katabatic Circus. Michael is Jewish and a father. He believes in unions, prison abolition, and a free Palestine. He's writing science fiction epic poem called Song of the Participants. You can find him by the handle @mrpoemguy on Substack and Bluesky.
His alliterative poetry on this site includes his science-fiction poem ‘Knot Loosener Memorial Disputation with Gas Giant,’ by Cultivated Fortune, ca. 4,000,000 hours past in Forgotten Ground Regained: A Quarterly Journal of Alliterative Verse, New Series, Issue 7, Summer, 2025
Blog Posts:
  • Behind the Poem: Knot Loosener Memorial Disputation
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