Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was “Another Birthday” (December 2017) Forward We March By Murray Dunlap Entrenched in brain cells We of the traumatic kind Our lives, nearly over Refocus in spare language Lost in translation But forward we march Endemic energies of another dimension Most see no purpose But march on, […]

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was “Sublime” (November 2017) Another Birthday By Murray Dunlap In light of it all, I solve a puzzle I redefine ‘good’ In spite of it all, I solve another puzzle And while still crying, I smile The satisfaction of recovery Is balanced with growth From an ugly […]

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was “The Fallows” (October 2017) Sublime By Murray Dunlap The task of the day: paint a fence Simple but needed, an obligatory task Sanding, you stop to think You can do this: you are alive You are standing straight With a stroke of a brush, it is […]

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was “Family Promise” (August 2017) The Fallows By Murray Dunlap Life bleeds into darkness While promising light Hardship appears never-ending In the worn paths of old ways The fallows have no path Nothing worn in, nothing proven Life churns out hardship But in the fallows lie hope With […]

Murray Dunlap’s most recent poem to appear here was “Peace” (July 2017) Family Promise By Murray Dunlap In a blinding fog I arrive at family promise My legs are sore from all my running around My eyes, seeing double, prepare dinner For the children without home Or love My fog clears as I watch them eat […]