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Tim Murphy 

is an Irish writer based in Spain. He is the author of four pamphlets, including There Are Twelve Sides to Every Circle (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2021) and Young in the Night Grass (Beir Bua Press, 2022). His first full-length collection is Mouth of Shadows (SurVision Books, 2022), reviewed by Richie McCaffery here.  

    What does Tim Murphy say?

    What does Tim Murphy say?

    I learned to appreciate poetry at school in Cork. Work by Yeats, Eliot, Dylan Thomas, Patrick Kavanagh, Thomas Kinsella ...
    A Friday clearly isn't a Friday without an abstract poetry book cover to describe. I am almost, but not quite, at a loss for words. Here we go, poetry fans! Pop art seems to be the style choice. Purple jagged forks of what looks like lightening cross diagonally passing behind white cloud like formations (although one does seem to have a dark doorway in, so it may not be a cloud). Green ribbons, a blue sky and a red dot top right complete the picture. Ah ... poetry.

    I am cobalt and cherry pulp lyric

    Tim Murphy reviews VISIONS & FEED by Maria Sledmere (HVTN Press, 2022)
    A close up showing two torn pieces of pink paper with slightly burnt edges.

    Snowfall mixes with burning ash

    Tim Murphy reviews To An Occupier Burning Holes by Ken Evans (Salt, 2022)
    Delicate watercolour showing thin branches with red flowers and two small birds flying nearby.

    There are some things that can’t be washed away

    Tim Murphy reviews Sing Me Down from the Dark by Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana (Salt, 2022)
    A black and white woodcut print. It is abstract in nature, but seems to show glasses, one upturned with a spider in it.

    Put me in a drum and bang me

    Tim Murphy reviews The Barman by Helen Bowell (Bad Betty Press, 2022)
    Some white text on a bright blue background, the text is a small part of the words "Notes from the North".

    Bullets, grenade-shards, mortar casings and barricades

    Tim Murphy reviews Notes from the North by Suji Kwock Kim (Smith|Doorstop, 2022)
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