• Home
  • About
    • Editorial Board
  • Contributors
    • Editorial Guidelines
    • Guest Editor Guidelines
    • Submissions
  • Contact
Topology Magazine - Artful dispatches from the places where we find ourselves Artful dispatches from the places where we find ourselves
  • Essay
    • The violence of frenzy
      The violence of frenzy
    • The sound of roots
      The sound of roots
    • Summer’s lease
      Summer’s lease
    • Editorial
    • Throwback
  • Poetry
  • Image
    • Deep Roots
      Deep Roots
    • Hope and Expectation
      Hope and Expectation
    • No Trespassing
      No Trespassing
  • Quote
  • Themes
    • Upcoming
    • Volume 1
      • 0.1 Intro
      • 1.1 Margins
      • 1.2 Living with the Seasons
      • 1.3 Thriftiness
      • 1.4 Noise and Silence
      • 1.5 Bodies
      • 1.6 Transportation
      • 1.7 Waterways
      • 1.8 My Economy
      • 1.9 Sharing Food
      • 1.10 Coming and Going
    • 2.1 Labor
    • 2.2 Bridges
    • 2.3 Shops & Stores
    • 2.4 The Darkest Night
    • 2.5 Sabbath
    • 2.6 Local Government
    • 2.7 Solastalgia
    • 2.8 Borders & Boundaries
    • 2.9 Play

Kenneth Arthur

Kenneth Arthur is a former professional computer nerd and current minister, holding graduate degrees in both computer science and religion. A previously unpublished poet, he is the author of a book of theology scheduled for publication in 2017. He currently lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

PoetryApril 4, 2017

River or Rock?

By Kenneth Arthur

(in memory of Orlando, June 12, 2016) The ghost of childhood winters chills the summer heat, skipping across the field behind Bingham Elementary, stopping…

Read More

About Topology

Topology Magazine

Topology Magazine is a place for active contemplation through prose, poetry, and art: the produce of thoughtful labor in the places where we find ourselves. Each person is inextricably tied to their physical location, and Topology cultivates that connection by publishing work which explicitly or implicitly recognizes the influence of place. Read more …

Contributors

  • Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma
  • Deborah Haak
  • Henry Bakker
  • Elisabeth Wenger
  • Rob Vander Giessen-Reitsma
  • S. Alexandra Harper
  • mt
  • the daily asterisk
  • Marjorie Maddox
  • Alex Joyner
  • Katie Hoogendam
  • Karissa Knox Sorrell
  • Alex Quick
  • William Overbeeke
  • Amy Carpenter-Leugs
  • Laura Menze
  • Naomi Wenger
  • Bethany Beachum
  • Tom Springer
  • Brett Beasley
  • Name Withheld
  • Deborah Lewis
  • Carol Stephen
  • Kathryn T. Jones
  • Aline Lindemann
  • Raechelle Kennedy
  • Bill Boerman-Cornell
  • Scott Peterson
  • Uche Ogbuji
  • Brother Abraham Newsom
  • Elisabeth McClanahan
  • Lisa Witz
  • Robert Andy Coombs
  • Neil E. Das
  • Gail Heffner
  • Alek Frost
  • Luke Johnston
  • Ian Randall Wilson
  • John Pierce
  • Sylvia Keesmaat
  • Chris Bullard
  • Katie Karnehm-Esh
  • Denise Frame Harlan
  • A. Non
  • Randy Smit
  • Jeff Gundy
  • Monica Sharman
  • J.C. Elkin
  • Christine Darragh
  • Joy Riggs
  • Amy Nemecek
  • David Stewart
  • Ingrid Lochamire
  • John Davis Jr.
  • Nora Kirkham
  • Peter Freedman-Doan
  • Amanda Hiland
  • Larry Kamphausen
  • Christopher Smit
  • Sara Sterley
  • Kendra Stanton Lee
  • Julie Keefer
  • Rick Kempa
  • Lynne S. Viti
  • Travis Poling
  • Devon Balwit
  • Jacob Miller
  • Jennifer Crow
  • Jeff Santosuosso
  • Valerie Bacharach
  • Gail Walters
  • Robert Peace Jordan
  • Thomas Swann
  • Lee Hull Moses
  • D.S. Leiter
  • Paul Douglas McNeill II
  • Matt Prater
  • Daniel Silliman
  • Amy Oestreicher
  • Christie Walkuski
  • Deborah Bowen
  • Carolyn Adams
  • Laura Fabrycky
  • Lynn White
  • Rachel Marie Stone
  • Lindsy Wallace
  • Jill McDonough
  • Donald Illich
  • Amelia Rhodes
  • Nate Maxson
  • Kathy Fenton-Miller
  • Ched Myers
  • Heather Hutchison
  • Jeff Burt
  • Sam Gesch
  • Daniel Roy Connelly
  • Larry-Michael Hackenberg
  • Jacque Rowe Fields
  • Lorraine Caputo
  • Eileen R. Kinch
  • Catherine Woodiwiss
  • Christopher Smith
  • Lauren Wayne
  • Jennifer Hernandez
  • Shawndra Miller
  • Andy Rogers
  • Hannah Thyberg
  • Michael Penny
  • Katie Reich
  • June Mears Driedger
  • Jennifer Martelli
  • Kenneth Arthur
  • Nicole Carlin
  • Alexa Shearer
  • Nina Bannett
  • Nathan Van Hoff
  • Claire Ibarra
  • Danielle Germaine
  • Mary Ann Honaker
  • Heidi Fettig Parton
  • Marylu Dykstra
  • Lea Page
  • Mike Wilson
  • Gwen DiPietro
  • Joel Schueler
  • Matthew Deames
  • Wm. Anthony Connolly
  • Ruth Asher
  • Geneva Langeland
  • Sophie Blanc
  • Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence
  • Elisavietta Ritchie
  • Cat Dixon
  • Erin O'Connor-Garcia
  • Kierstan Barbre
  • Stefanie Möser Zitö
  • Nate Al Attas-Bradford
  • Clinton Inman
  • Joyce H. Munro
  • Tamra Carraher
  • Ann Klotz
  • Chris Fuller
  • Brandon Marlon
  • Amy Hetletvedt
  • Gary Guthrie
  • Samuel J. Fox
  • Celine B. Roque
  • Griffin Paul Jackson
  • Kurt Armstrong
  • Jerry Berrigan
  • Nathaniel Harper-Brees
  • Erica Schemper
  • Denise Vredevoogd
  • Vincent A. Cellucci
  • John Yohe
  • Kate Bowman-Johnston
  • Aaron Nell
  • Stephanie Nikolopoulos
  • Debra Dieppa
  • Mark Andrew Heathcote
  • Ben Brazil
  • Kendall Vanderslice
  • Katie Rendon Kahn
  • Hardeep Sabharwal
  • Mike Finley
  • Emily Ulmer
  • Grant Elgersma
  • Karen Fitz La Barge
  • Jim Schmotzer
  • Kristina England
  • Amanda Cleary Eastep
  • Zach Bartz
  • Katie Houston
  • L. L. Barkat
  • Jennifer Monroe
  • Josh MacIvor-Andersen
  • Barbara Ruth
  • Jeremy Huggins
  • Amie Adams
  • Matthew Landrum
  • Rebecca Wolff
  • Jacqueline Ristola
  • Alan Van Wyk
  • Jeffrey Allen Mays
  • Michael Knowles
  • Robert Stout
  • Rob Testing

Join Topology

We're looking for writers, artists, practitioners, and more to contribute to the magazine. Please get in touch or join our contributor e-mail list to receive our regular pitch calls.

Featured

  • The violence of frenzy
    The violence of frenzy
  • The sound of roots
    The sound of roots
  • Summer's lease
    Summer’s lease
Copyright © 2017-18 *culture is not optional
Back to top
Posting....