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Versions of May

Versions of May

Murphy, Jim

Hardcover

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 094254417X
ISBN13: 9780942544176
Publisher: Negative Capability Press
Published: May 23 2023
Pages: 86
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

In Versions of May we are pushed from our present moments forward into other histories, / no sights, no path, no guide. Every poem is a little trip, visiting cathedrals, temples, tombs, battlefields, forests, and creeks, and with every stop, there is an opportunity to delete our presence here, and free us from/ ourselves. What comes after we are gone charts the pulse of this collection. When the poet communes with his troubled heroes - Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Jim Morrison, and many more - we have fleeting moments of understanding that are easy and pure, just like pouring light into a suitcase. And in the spirit of passing it on, passing it down, passing it forward, we are given hope that the greats that came before us can hear us and that when we die, we'll all become the chords. With both vastness and precision, Jim Murphy peers between the notes for the universal mysteries that happen when you are looking the other way.

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