Michael Martella Biography Michael Martella earned an MFA from the University of Mississippi. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Rattle, Rust+Moth, and Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology. See Work POETRY / Fall 2021 How Distant the Meanings By Michael Martella Able only to recall / his parting footsteps—the chipping away at / a tree one fells at last POETRY / Fall 2021 Aubade By Michael Martella Through the window, what light gives / new meaning in the day. POETRY / Fall 2021 Now and Then By Michael Martella Inasmuch as our faces / bear resemblance, / now, to what // I imagine of them