Lizz Murphy - Poem 197: Conundrums

Lizz Murphy - Poem 180: Aliens

Lizz Murphy — Poem 122: Right of way

Not the first time I've written a letter/postcard/PS style poem but on this occasion I have to say thank you to Irish poet Moyra Donaldson and her poem Postcard from The Island of Lizards in Beneath the Ice (Lagan Press 2001) which I've been sharing.

Lizz Murphy — Poem 115: Zombies

A 'zombie' is what Donald Hall calls a 'dead metaphor'. 

Sorry I've lost the url.

Lizz Murphy — Poem 114: Shards

Lizz Murphy — Poem 111: Another object - bag (Take 2)

Lizz Murphy — Poem 112: View

Found poem based on headlines from

The Canberra Times/Panorama April 16, 2016

Lizz Murphy — Poem 107: Encounters

Lizz Murphy — Poem 95: Girl in a park

Lizz Murphy — Poem 94: Mask (after Sarah St Vincent Welch)

After Sarah St Vincent Welch with thanks: #70 Mask from Mer

Lizz Murphy — Poem 93: Points

 

Lizz Murphy — Poem 91: How's the weather in Binalong? (Plus quote)

Warming up ... we had a hailstorm yesterday 

and a drift of white remains on the doorstep. 

Temps are low but the sky is azure with 

thunderheads. How's the weather in Binalong?

— Kathleen McCracken, Belfast, March 2016

My thanks to Kathleen for inspiring this piece (personal communication).

Lizz Murphy — Poem 89: Neighbours

Lizz Murphy — Poem 84: Exodus

Lizz Murphy — Poem 83: We tried to tell him

Lizz Murphy — Poem 79: All this living

Lizz Murphy — Poem 73: Shock jocks

Lizz Murphy — Poem 72: What is he making in there

Lizz Murphy — Poem 70: Under the sea

— found poem from headlines in

The Canberra Times Panorama February 27, 2016

Lizz Murphy — Poem 68: Mourning