[Tim Murphy]

The Pass Shooter and Intimations of Mortality will appear in Gray’s Sporting Journal. Pont de la lune and Dream Poem, in Chronicles. The first section of In David’s House appeared in Poetry and on Poetry Daily under the title Asperges Me. The final section, in Raintown Review. The other sections will appear in the Anglican Theological Review. As will Champion and To the Corinthians. The St. Peter poem will appear in the Sewanee Theological Review. Black Joe Lake and Syrdal were recorded by Minnesota Public Radio for Soundzine A new journal edited by Rory Waterman has taken For My Nephew and Permission Granted. Much of the Second Step will appear in First Things.

I'm on a roll

[Martin Elster]

You ARE on a roll, Tim. Congrats!

Martin

[John Beaton]

That's quite a game-bag, Tim. I'm pleased for you.

John

[David Landrum]

Great, Tim. Congratulations.

dwl

[Tim Murphy]

Thank you Martin, John, and David. It is forty-two years since I decided I wanted to be a poet, started at seventeen and never wrote a decent poem until I was twenty-five. Slow learner. But now the poems come so fast I can't believe it, and I have what Dana calls "an editorial consensus," so they get published as soon as they go out. It is my hope for every young poet at the Sphere that they persevere in this unremunerative and ancient art.

[Tim Murphy]

I just received PDF's of Missing Mass and Soul of the North, two poems of mine I workshopped at TDE shortly after I got out of treatment. They will be in Chronicles in March. I want to thank everyone who helped me with these verses, especially Alan Sullivan.

[Andrew Frisardi]

Good going, Tim. Your dedication is an example for us all, and the results are well-earned. That’s quite haul.

Andrew

[Tim Murphy]

Raintown Review took Two Hands Prairie, and First Things, Address to the Manger. I am recording an interview and four poems on the subject of alcoholism for Rob Godfrey's new Local Radio France this morning. I am also recording a pilot podcast for the Eratosphere this morning, and I shall be posting it, an explanation of what Alex and I are contemplating, and soliciting your opinion at General Talk. I've sent out a ton of stuff in recent days, and I'll just keep you posted on acceptances at this thread in the next week or so.

Edited back: Oh, and Michael Burch asked me for a manuscript for the Hypertexts. I gathered ten rather large poems, all of which succeed the poems in the online anthologies, Poemtree and Alsop Review, which collect so much earlier work. I'll put up the link on this thread, and I imagine Mike will publish today. If memory serves me right, and it's failing of late, all of the poems were products of the Deep End, and I thank everyone who pitched in and helped me hammer them into shape. The ten are among the best poems I've written since Very Far North came out in 2002. I've used the Hypertexts to cut and paste poems for my intros at Distinguished Guest for years. Yesterday I browsed, and of course lots of us are there. I am delighted to be joining such a fine band of poets.

[Tim Murphy]

I just received the March Chronicles which contains two substantial trimeters, both TDE alums, Missing Mass and Soul of the North. Thanks to everyone who helped me with these.

[Tim Murphy]

I mentioned atop this thread that First Things took the second section of Second Step. Dave Yezzi just took sections one, three and four for The New Criterion.