Original Poem: Rahsaan Kirk’s Dream
Sean MurphySneaking in right before the end of Black History Month, my poem "Rahsaan Kirk's Dream" -- a tribute to another one of my all-time heroes: a blind iconoclast who figured…
Original Poem: What Gets Heard When Men Won’t Speak
I'm immensely grateful to the excellent team at The Good Men Project for publishing this poem. (Stay tuned for more in a series on the theme of toxic masculinity.) What…
Original Poem: Himmler’s First Blasphemy
While I could probably get away with claiming this poem was written in recent weeks, it was actually completed before the 2016 election. It was inspired by a book reading…
Original Poem: We Were Too Young to be That Old
The author as a young idiot I'm grateful to Nine Cloud Journal for publishing my work (you can read it by purchasing the issue at Amazon -- a great way…
Original Poem: Peregrination
Excited to see the latest issue of the great Exterminating Angel Press. I'm also happy to be included with so many other excellent writers. Check out my poem, "Peregrination," (written…
National Poetry Month #20: Charlie Mingus’s Miracle
April, according to this poet, is the cruelest month. April, according to these lovers of poetry, is National Poetry Month, and the only cruelty is metaphorical (which isn’t to say T.S. Eliot was being…
National Poetry Month #15-16
April, according to this poet, is the cruelest month. April, according to these lovers of poetry, is National Poetry Month, and the only cruelty is metaphorical (which isn’t to say T.S. Eliot was being…
National Poetry Month #11-14: Four Poems
April, according to this poet, is the cruelest month. April, according to these lovers of poetry, is National Poetry Month, and the only cruelty is metaphorical (which isn’t to say T.S. Eliot was being…
National Poetry Month #10: Work Song
April, according to this poet, is the cruelest month. April, according to these lovers of poetry, is National Poetry Month, and the only cruelty is metaphorical (which isn’t to say T.S. Eliot was being…
National Poetry Month #9: Work-in-Progress
April, according to this poet, is the cruelest month. April, according to these lovers of poetry, is National Poetry Month, and the only cruelty is metaphorical (which isn’t to say T.S. Eliot was being…