National Poetry Month Meets Bukowski & Metaphor
Sean MurphyThis pic popped up in my Facebook memories today. Reminding me not only of the great Martha's Vineyard Adventure in 2016, via the Noepe Center for Literary Arts (RIP), but…
New Original Essay, “Liability”
The porch at Noepe Center for Literary Arts (2016) Special thanks to the awesome team at the (awesomely named) Exterminating Angel Press for featuring this short essay in their latest…
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 #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…
National Poetry Month #3: Intimation
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…
Two Original Poems
Martha's Vineyard, summer 2016 I'm grateful to Triggerfish, a literary magazine I admire, for publishing two of my poems (and their request for accompanying audio/video, which you can check out,…
Original Poem: Work-in-Progress
This poem was written shortly after I arrived at Noepe, in Martha's Vineyard (where the picture, above, was taken). A meditation of sorts (I hesitate, mostly out of denial, to…
“Grab a book, don’t cost nothing.” MURPHY’S LAW GOES LIVE
The quote, above, is bastardized from the immortal Bluto Blutarsky. But the message is serious: the kindle version of Murphy's Law, Vol. One is a FREE Kindle at Amazon through…
Musings from Martha’s Vineyard: Introductory Notes
I've allowed myself a week to settle in and readjust to life outside a cube, outside the beltway, outside any previous experience. It's surreal, but it's real. It's happening. I'm…