Kip Knott Biography Kip Knott’s writing has appeared in Beloit Fiction Journal, the Gettysburg Review, Mid-American Review, and the Sun. His most recent collection of poetry is Afraid of Heaven (Mudlark, 2013). He teaches at Columbus State Community College. See Work POETRY / Spring 2014 Doldrums By Kip Knott In the stillness of a windless day,trees stand full, and proud, and straight. POETRY / Spring 2014 Fractal Elegy By Kip Knott He was in a poem once, alive at the beginning, dead by the middle, haunting me at the end.