Original Poem: Henry Chinaski’s Horses
Sean MurphyTrue 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: The old man on the beach with a metal detector
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, "The old man on the…
Original Poem: Booker Little’s Deliverance
It's been an honor to continue receiving the support from Jerry Jazz Musician, who have published another of my poems (previous poems here, here and here). This one will be…
The Blackened Blues: A Q&A
Question: where else would you possibly find a party that pulls together such compelling and disparate company as Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, Liz Taylor, Tina Turner, and…Captain Ahab?…
Original Flash Fiction: Inheritance
Thanks to the team at The Rush Magazine for providing a home for this very short, very personal piece. (More about my relationship with my old man and his father,…
Introducing “The Blackened Blues”
It's a pleasure to announce my first collection of poems, THE BLACKENED BLUES, will be published this summer. The promotion game is a necessary evil, but part of the literary…
Original Poem: Private Pyle’s Pain
Thanks again to The Good Men Project for publishing more of my work, part of an ongoing project that explores (and interrogates) toxic masculinity. This short poem also touches on…
Original Poem: Sonny Rollins’s Bridge
Gratitude to the wonderful Burningword Literary Journal for publishing this poem. (And thanks again to them for publishing my poem "Charlie Mingus's Miracle, and nominating it for a Pushcart Prize.)…
New World Man: An Appreciation of Neil Peart (One Year Later)
He knows changes aren’t permanent, but change is. Taken from Rush’s most famous song, “Tom Sawyer,” this line might best illuminate the “elemental empathy” that came to define Neil Peart,…
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…