[Tim Murphy]

I received two little elegies for Bouncing Betty and Bold Fenian in Gray's on Monday. Later this week I should receive a large (ninety line) poem, Feeney in Lent, in Hudson Review. Yesterday Quadrant accepted Mower's Song and two of the four poems in Ode for the Mahli Boys. Thanks to everyone who helped out with these.

[Cyn Neely]

congrats Tim!

[Alex Pepple]

That's grand, Tim, as usual ... congrats!

...Alex

[Ned Balbo]

Congratulations on all this great news, Tim. Given your amazing recent work, I'm not at all surprised.

[David Rosenthal]

Congrats again, Tim. As usual, I think you have published more in the last twelve months than I have written in the last five years.

David R.

[Tim Murphy]

Thanks, everyone, I think these take me over 900 published or forthcoming poems, and I was only at 100 fifteen years ago. Who do I think I am, Bill Lantry? Considering that a palmist confidently predicted I'd be dead at 26, I'm pretty happy with how things are going: train Chucky, mow grass, teach high school three weeks a year, collect Social Security, and write poetry. And submit, submit, submit. Don Share took over from Chris Wiman at Poetry on Monday, so I sent him some poems. I'll let you know how I make out.

I am deeply grateful to the people at the Deep End for all the help they gave me during the last decade.

[Catherine Chandler]

Wonderful news, Tim!

[Tim Murphy]

Commonweal just arrived with "Sacraments in the Field," a poem that scandalizes conservative priests. Of course Commonweal has been scandalizing them for 80 years!