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Michael R. Collings

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Michael R. Collings, Poet-in-Residence at Seaver College of Pepperdine University from 1997-2000, has contributed to Mormon literature through both his poetry and his criticism. As for his poetry, he has published several collections, such as Som Certaine Sonets, a collection of sonnets that include poems about Joseph Smith (also published in Epyllion in Anamnesis: Remembery Taliesin: Two Cycles of Poems ). An on-line journal, YGDRASIL, published two segments of Remembery sonnets (April 1996, August 1998), and in the summer of 1999 was due to post Elementals, a sequence of twenty sonnets of which some are based loosely on LDS theology. As a critic, Collings has written the first academic study of Orson Scott Card\'s work, In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card (Greenwood, 1990). Included in 75 Significant Mormon Poets
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LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Work found on page 101 of the Winter 1983 issue of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought.
1947-10-29
Rupert, Idaho
Teacher, writer
Male
Author, Compiler, Editor, Poet
English

285 Works by Michael R. Collings

Title Role Year Genre
Storyteller Author 2001
Root . . . and Branch Author Short Story
The Golden Chain Author 1983 Poetry
David and Bathsheba Author 1985 Poetry
Bodies Author 1988 Poetry
After Thirty Years as Ward Organist Author Poetry
Baptism Author Poetry
The Gospel in the Latter Days Author Poetry
On Becoming a High Priest Author Poetry
On the Grounds of the Manti Temple Author Poetry
Patchwork Author Poetry
Warren Remembers the Chicken Coop Author Poetry
Writha Author Poetry
Entire unto Himself Author 1992 Poetry
Diapason Author Poetry
Prayer Author Poetry
The Missionary's Return Author Poetry
Celebration Author Poetry
Christ of Universe Author Poetry
*Blothisojan Author Poetry
Rx Author Poetry
[Review of] Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card Author Review
[Review of] On keeping things small by Marilyn Bushman-Carlton Author Review
All Calm, All Bright Author 1995 Poetry
Matrix Author 1995 Poetry
Ad Astra Per Fidem Author Poetry
Nestlings of a Dark God Author 1995 Poetry
The Boneyard of Old Ezra Snow, and Other Poems Author 1993 Poetry
In Memoriam Author 1988 Poetry
Dark Transformations Author 1990 Poetry
Epyillion in Anamnesis Author 1996 Poetry
Tales through Time Author 1996 Poetry
Still Secrecies of Love Author 1996 Poetry
Poetry, Especially for Children Author 1996 Poetry
The Nephiad Author 1996 Poetry
Retooling for the Renaissance in the 3rd Millennium Editor 1995 Poetry
Haiku Author 1995 Poetry
Naked to the Sun Author 1985 Poetry
A Season of Calm Weather Author 1974 Poetry
After First Blooding Author Poetry
Alien Author Poetry
Aube Author Poetry
Baying Hounds Author Poetry
Because I Would Not Stop for Death Author Poetry
Before the Feeding Author Poetry
The Blood Burns Author Poetry
The Bloofer Lady Author Poetry
Bluebottle Fly Author Poetry
The Boneyard of Old Ezra Snow Author Poetry
The Stalker’s Promise Author Poetry
The Boy Had Killed Himself Author Poetry
Child Abuse Author Poetry
Colony Author Poetry
Crescendo and Decrescendo Author Poetry
Crucifax Author Poetry
The Dark Is Deep Author Poetry
The Calling of the Dead Author Poetry
Insomnia Author Poetry
The Ripper’s Daymare Author Poetry
Wer Means Man Author Short Story
The Dionysian Hierarchy First Notices Moroni and His Friends Author Poetry
Dreamer of Worlds Author Poetry
Elegy for an Asteroid Miner Dying on December 25 Author Poetry
Essence of the Other Author Poetry
Eternity Has Finally Died Author Poetry
Exiles on a Left-Hand World Author Poetry
Faces of Fear Author Poetry
Fields of Starflowers, and Other Poems Author 1988 Poetry
Fields of Starflowers Author Poetry
I, Witness Author Poetry
On Reading the Stories of Orson Scott Card Author Poetry
Our Gods Have Died Author Poetry
Star Poet’s Curse Author Poetry
Vampire Author Poetry
Fifth Movement . . . and Final Author Poetry
First Contact Author Poetry
Gargoyles Author Poetry
Bulky Silhouette Author Poetry
Evolving Proto-Amphibians Author Poetry
I Remember Still Author Poetry
Ice-World Snow Author Poetry
Lightning Author Poetry
100–Square-Mile Sails Author Poetry
Orbiting Satellite Author Poetry
Satin Whips Author Poetry
Silver Ghosts Author Poetry
Throbbing Heat Author Poetry
Within My Computer-Self Author Poetry
Hesperios Author Poetry
The House beyond the Hill Author 1996 Poetry
Implications of Mortality from Recollections of Human History Author Poetry
Incubus Author Poetry
Jurist Author Poetry
The Last Pastoral Author Poetry
A Lesson in Manners Author Poetry
A Midnight Shooting on the Golden State Freeway Author Poetry
Migration [II] Author Poetry
Molestation Author Poetry
Moonbridge Author Poetry
Mythmakers Author Poetry
One with Him Author Poetry
On Mr. Lewis’ Discarded Image Author Poetry
On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California Author Poetry
Orchisophilia Author Poetry
Perspective Author Poetry
The Program Author Poetry
Renfield’s Litany as Overheard by Professor Von Helsing Author Poetry
Reptilia Author Poetry
Return to Avalon Author Poetry
Rose-Red Lips Author Poetry
Rydra Wong Author Poetry
Solar Marathon Author Poetry
Som Certaine Sonets Author 1998 Poetry
Soliloquy on Perspective Author Poetry
Sonata Enigmata Author Poetry
Sonnet: To Fourteen Who Died on an Unnamed Winter World Author Poetry
The SoulOrgan Author Poetry
Sparks Author Poetry
Spatio-Temporal Spectacles Author Poetry
Sputnik Author Poetry
Star-Pilot’s Funeral Author Poetry
The Star Scout Handbook Author Poetry
Stretched Naked on His Bed, a Second Danae Author Poetry
LDS Assumptions Author Review
Stretched Naked on His Bed, a Second Danae Author Poetry
Succubi Author Poetry
Such Things as Worlds Author Poetry
Surf Author Poetry
1033 Author Poetry
A Threnody of Wolves Author Poetry
Trick or Treat Author Poetry
Thulcandra Author Poetry
Vampire’s Kiss Author Poetry
Vigil Author Poetry
Visions Author Poetry
Visitation of Grace Author Poetry
When the Wordmonger Came Author Poetry
Wiros Author Poetry
You, Stephen King Author Poetry
Beneath the Blue Sun Author Poetry
Blood Rite Author Poetry
The Burning Author Poetry
Confutatis Author Poetry
Double Helix Author Poetry
From the Womb of the World Author Poetry
Heritage II Author Poetry
Inchantation Author Poetry
A Midnight Horror Reading at the Stanley Hotel Author Poetry
Naked to the Sun [I] Author Poetry
And Soft at Samarkand the Stones Author Poetry
Cosmetic Surgery Author Poetry
Critical Mass Author Poetry
Curling Southward, Ice-Winds Call Author Poetry
Fire Dancer Author Poetry
The Meeting on the Edge of Eternity Author Poetry
Memento Mori Author Poetry
Minotaur Author Poetry
My Last Nemesis Author Poetry
Naked to the Sun [II] Author Poetry
Orion Author Poetry
The Other in Shadow Author Poetry
Secret Shadow Author Poetry
The Sheep in Pews Author Poetry
Trigger in the Mind Author Poetry
Verbum Terrae Author Poetry
The Wind from Whirl-Away Author Poetry
Classical Music Author Poetry
Dedication Author Poetry
Father-Child Author Poetry
Fog, Like Snow Author Poetry
The Grave Author Poetry
Into Bread Author Poetry
The Irrigation Ditch Lies Empty Author Poetry
Islands Author Poetry
Lines for a Newly Released Bishop Author Poetry
Mabel Grafel Author Poetry
Mission Call Author Poetry
Monolith Author Poetry
My Son Discovers Classical Music Author Poetry
Nestling Author 1994 Poetry
On the Evening of Her 95th Birthday Author Poetry
On the Last Day of Her Dying Author Poetry
Ordination Author Poetry
Orion Disappeared Last Night Author Poetry
Photographs Author Poetry
Piano Lessons Author Poetry
Playing “The Last Chord” in Sacrament Meeting Author Poetry
Portrait of the Artist on the Verge of Middle Age Author Poetry
Primavera Author Poetry
Remembering the Flight of Wingless Birds Author Poetry
Revelation Author Poetry
Sacramental Song Author Poetry
Seaward Author Poetry
Shipwrecked among the Channel Islands Author Poetry
This Is the Season Author Poetry
Tinnitis Author Poetry
Warrants and Assumptions Author Poetry
Warren Travels with His Father Author 1993 Poetry
Aboriginals’ Escape Author Poetry
Alien Invasion Author Poetry
Alternative Author Poetry
Behemoth Author Poetry
Bitter Wine Author Poetry
Burning Fairy Tales Author Poetry
The Challenger Seven Author Poetry
A Chemist with Deficit Cranium Author Poetry
Chester the Centaur Author Poetry
Cosmology Author Poetry
Cyborg Author Poetry
A Denizen (Defunct) of Derry Author Poetry
Entropy Author Poetry
Evolving, an Amphibious Fish Author Poetry
Going a Mile a Minute Author Poetry
Grey [I] Author Poetry
I Become Aware Author Poetry
If Christ Had Waited Two Millennia (and Found Our World As It Is) Author Poetry
If Upon a Midnight Dreary Author Poetry
In the Nest of the Dark God Author Poetry
Invert Logic Author Poetry
Jupiter’s Eagle Author Poetry
Lamia Author Poetry
Love among the Stars Author Poetry
Medusa Author Poetry
Meltdown Bunny Author Poetry
Metamorphosis Author Poetry
Midgard Serpent [I] Author Poetry
Missionary’s Return [II] Author Poetry
My Dog Is Sitting in a Tree Author Poetry
Nominalizations Author Poetry
Nova Author Poetry
On Star Wars Clones Author Poetry
On the Viking Immolation of My Son’s Braces Author Poetry
The Passing of Arthur Author Poetry
Poe’s “The Raven” Author Poetry
Pterodactylus modernus Author Poetry
Renascence Author Poetry
Robot Author Poetry
Roc Author Poetry
A Rocket Cuts Author Poetry
Sasquatch Author Poetry
A Scientist Brave Author Poetry
Something Shatters Sleep Author Poetry
Star-Rise in the South Author Poetry
Such Things as Metaphors Author Poetry
The Thing Author Poetry
Things to Come Author Poetry
Urban Farmer Author Poetry
The Vampire’s Daymare Author Poetry
When the Conquerors Came Author Poetry
Trick or Treat Author Poetry
Bars Author Short Story
Deathsong Author Short Story
The Elevator Author Short Story
Forbidden Fruit Author Short Story
The Grand Experiment Author Short Story
High Tribunal Author Short Story
Package from Home Author Short Story
Palimpsest Author Short Story
A Pound of Chocolates on St. Valentine’s Day Author Short Story
The Song of the Worm Author Short Story
The Sorceress of the Silvered Wood Author Poetry
Dark Transformations Author Poetry
Black Dandelions Author Poetry
Homo Lupus Author Poetry
The Annotated Guide to Stephen King Author 1986
Card Catalogue Author 1987
Collings Reviews Author Review
Hauntings Compiler 2000
Piers Anthony Author 1983 Reference Work
Writing the Fantastic and Religion Author Personal Essay
Horror Plum'd Author 2003
The House beyond the Hill Author 2007 Novel
The Veil of Heaven Author 2009 Novel
The Thousand Eyes of Flame Author 2009 Novel
The Slab Author 2010 Novel
Singer of Lies Author 2009 Novel
Static! Author 2011 Novel
Serpent’s Tooth Author 2011 Novel
The Devil's Plague Author 2011 Novel
Shadow Valley Author 2011 Novel
Southern Idaho Summer Author 1984 Poetry
To a Cymbidium Orchid Blooming on December 25th Author 1998 Poetry
Temple II Author 1999 Poetry
An Act of Faith Author 2000 Poetry
Nectarine Author 2008 Poetry
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