Saint Marty confesses that he doesn't want to be normal. The episode concludes with a psalm Saint Marty wrote about what normal should look like titled "There is This."
Martin Achatz is the two-time U.P. Poet Laureate of Michigan. He has a Master’s Degree in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry and is a Contingent Professor in the English Department at Northern Michigan University. His collection of poems, The Mysteries of the Rosary, was published by Mayapple Press, and he has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Martin lives in Ishpeming, Michigan, with his wife and two children. In his spare time, he enjoys searching for Bigfoot with his son. Read more of Martin’s work at his blog Saint Marty: http://saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com/ Contact Martin at machatz@nmu.edu to find out about his virtual poetry workshops.
Music for this episode is "Camelot Monastery" and " by Darren Curtis, used by permission, and "Waves" by Michael Kobrin used courtesy of Pixabay.
