Timothy Murphy

Article

Friendship Seconded

Stevie, what can we hope to do this fall / when tree rows are ablaze / on sunny maple days / and from the corn the hungry roosters call?
Poetry

Poem | Ode to Our Lady

“Lady, you are the portal for each prayer / whispered in my elation or despair / because I am unworthy of your Son, / Domine non sum dignus”
Article

Poem | Return to Rosebud

“On the south-facing slopes / so infernally dry / the yuccas spear the sky, / and all the righteous hopes / of ranchers are in vain / for a grass-growing rain”
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