THE BLACKENED BLUES, One Poem at a Time: Sonny Rollins’s Bridge
Sean MurphyI’m happy to announce that my first poetry collection, The Blackened Blues, is available wherever you buy books (yes, *wherever*, so you don’t have to put more money in Rocket Man’s…
THE BLACKENED BLUES, One Poem at a Time: Ornette Coleman’s Question
I’m happy to announce that my first poetry collection, The Blackened Blues, is available wherever you buy books (yes, *wherever*, so you don’t have to put more money in Rocket Man’s…
THE BLACKENED BLUES, One Poem at a Time: Howlin’ Wolf’s Arena
I’m happy to announce that my first poetry collection, The Blackened Blues, is available wherever you buy books (yes, *wherever*, so you don’t have to put more money in Rocket Man’s…
THE BLACKENED BLUES, One Poem at a Time: Charles Bukowski’s Bounty
I'm happy to announce that my first poetry collection, The Blackened Blues, is available wherever you buy books (yes, *wherever*, so you don't have to put more money in Rocket…
Original Poem: Henry Chinaski’s Horses
True story: when I arrived at Noepe in spring 2016 for my year as artist-in-residence, my goal was to work on a novel, and I had a box worth of…
Original Poem: As the Obituary Section Gets Bigger
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, "As the Obituary Section…
Original Poem: My Father’s Silence
Once again, 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.)…
Original Poem: Rahsaan Kirk’s Dream
Sneaking 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…