T Abbott CollinsT. Abbott Collins has published poems in small literary journals since 2011. He released an experimental rap album under the moniker looCcaM in 2023. Apocalyptic Clichés, his first collection of poems, was published in 2024 by Fifth Entelechy Publishng, an imprint he established. His poetic style draws influence from the Anglo-American and European avant-garde traditions of the 20th century and is grounded in catachresis, fragmentation, ellipsis, and dense imagery: It is a poetics of miniaturization and plasticity. Tim, as known by family and friends, has also published scholarly articles on metaphor and sound in poetry, and more specifically on the work of Chaucer, Poe, Wu-Tang Clan, Jean Baudrillard and Jacques Lacan. He worked for several years as an adjunct instructor and has been working as an unwaged researcher and poet for many years. Tim plans to release three more volumes of poems and is working on a novel. Read More Read Less