Morning Alley

Who went running
despite all her lame
excuses. Amplify your
boiling. Point
out what depends
on being held.
Meet the ear
at its war, another plan
advances in morning
darkness.

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.