Jim Murdoch
Jim Murdoch has been writing poetry for fifty years and has graced the pages of many now-defunct literary magazines and websites and a few, like "Ink, Sweat and Tears" and "Poetry Scotland" that are still hanging on in there. For ten years he ran the literary blog "The Truth About Lies" but now lives quietly in Scotland with his wife and, whenever the mood takes him, next door’s cat. He has published two books of poetry, a short story collection and four novels: Jim, not the cat.
About Jim Murdoch
Jim Murdoch has been writing poetry for fifty years and has graced the pages of many now-defunct literary magazines and websites and a few, like Ink, Sweat and Tears and Poetry Scotland that are still hanging on in there. For ten years he ran the literary blog The Truth About Lies but now lives quietly in Scotland with his wife and, whenever the mood takes him, next door’s cat. He has published two books of poetry, a short story collection and four novels: Jim, not the cat.
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Identity — poem unrhymed
Jim Murdoch has been writing poetry for fifty years and has graced the pages of many now-defunct magazines and a few that are still hanging on in there. For ten years he ran the literary blog "The Truth About Lies" but now lives quietly in Scotland with his wife and (increasingly) next door’s cat.
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Supererogation — poem unrhymed
"...I do not want to have to ask..."
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Boxing Harry — poem unrhymed
"Apparently, Schrödinger’s cat..."
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Let Me Put It This Way — poem unrhymed
"Imagine taking all the jigsaws you own..."
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Babeltopia — poem unrhymed
"...I rehave fondmems of stalenows and felts longgo..."
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The Human Position — poem
"...you and me and Auden’s ghost..."
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Spot the Spot — poem
"...where you make the poem your own..."
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Accounts — poem
"...Some even manage to be entertaining..."
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Alexithymia — poem
"Sad, like, red, is a conveniencism..."
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Pain Scale — poem
"...a certain disparity made itself manifest..."
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Dolorance — poem unrhymed
"There are forever pains..."