While much contemporary poetry focuses on personal narrative or identity exploration (both valuable approaches), Rush seems to be pursuing something more ambitious: an investigation of how we can think, love, and connect authentically in our current moment. His work demonstrates that it's possible to write philosophical poetry that isn't merely abstract intellectualism, and conversational poetry that isn't merely anecdotal. Each poem shows careful craft while serving a larger philosophical purpose, suggesting a poet who is both technically skilled and intellectually serious. Even in the more abstract or philosophical poems, there's often an underlying sense of emotional urgency, as if Rush is grappling with big ideas not just as intellectual exercises, but as deeply felt responses to the complexities of human experience. Far from being cold or detached, Rush's poetry is infused with a kind of passionate intensity, a desire to understand and make sense of the world in all its messy and contradictory complexity. Bio: M. C. Rush currently resides in Mississippi and has published poems in dozens of online and paper publications (representing not only the United States but also Canada, India, Spain, Australia, Scotland, and Sweden). His previous books include The Word For Rain Is Rain (Cyberwit.net, 2023 ) and The Calendar of Heresies (Cyberwit.net, 2023).
