Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Closing Time by Peter E. Murphy The 24 hour bars in Atlantic City have three happy hours a day so I can pursue happiness whenever my shift lets out. I know the end is near when the cleaners appear to scrape gum from the gaudy carpets and drizzle disinfectant over urine dripped from the dicers who don’t want to lose their place at the table. Gullible ... Read More...
Getaway Reads 2017: Two Poems by Peter E. Murphy
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Jamie Walters that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Mission Creep by Peter E. Murphy It’s why the pundits criticize the President, how something small turns into something huge and gets stuck so no one can extract it. “Pundit” comes from the Sanskrit meaning wise man, though today they’re mostly professional chatterers who line up on the talk shows like the hot cars along 42nd Street this ... Read More...
Getaway Reads: Grand Fugue by Peter E. Murphy
This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Kendal Lambert that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Grand Fugue by Peter E. Murphy After the hospital released me with a warning, I walked around this busy city that hadn’t noticed I’d been missing, me and my reconstructed heart, so full of gratitude I wanted to kiss every light that flashed GO, forgive the ones that said STOP. And when I felt the earth throb under my feet I remembered the subway below where commuters were ... Read More...