Honey Drive

But how can
we afford this road.
Feedback crash.
Some are strung out
on their own honey.
Trundle waves are
four short chords.
Less than a smoke.
Marvelous air,
scaffolds are being
built for home.

Michelle Murphy

Michelle Murphy is the author of Jackknife & Light, (Avec Books) and the more recent Synonym for Home (Wet Cement Press). Jackknife & Light was shortlisted for the National Poetry Series as well as the PEN West Literary Award. A chapbook (portfolio) in the journal VERSE was published as a finalist for the 2015 Tomaž Šalamun Prize. She is an editor with Wet Cement Press (Berkeley, CA) and lives in Reno, Nevada.