from my poetry blog
Hinge Moments
there are hinge moments
that connect
the before and after
beneath the blustering larches
we make them visible
on crowded carriages
the fingers that brushed briefly
in causal static
an eidetic clarity
of toss-a-coin
choice
take off your shoes
this is sacred ground
this is the place where we first met
from my poetry blog
from a restful source
to rushing rapids,
migrating salmon
-Osprey fodder,
snatched on silent
Atlantic missions,
slivers of light
transfiguring elements:
water to sky;
life to death
I have the honour of appearing on musician Laura Bruno Lilly’s site this week for the publication of my poetry collection In Brigantia.
You can read her review here:
http://laurabrunolilly.com/poetry-shoutout-in-brigantia-by-andrew-james-murray/
This is an online interview with writer Linda about my new book In Brigantia
It’s raining authors around the blog! Today, the amazing Andrew Murray (or Andy as many of you who know him and follow his blogs, City Jackdaw and Coronets For Ghosts, call him) is here to talk about his latest poetry collection, In Brigantia. (His first was Heading North, which we talked about here.)
Stick around after the interview to learn about a giveaway of this collection. Now, let’s talk to Andy.
El Space: Four quick facts about yourself?
Andy: Thank you! (1) I’m (at least) the fifth generation of Murray born in Manchester.
(2) My favourite place is Orkney.
(3) A big Whovian, I once stumbled across a scene being filmed for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary episode, and was totally unaware of it until it aired on TV.
(4) My dreams begin while I’m still awake.
El Space: Please…
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I’m very pleased to announce that my second poetry collection, In Brigantia, is out now.
‘Andrew James Murray’s second collection invites you to Brigantia, territory of Celtic tribe the Brigantes.
It is a Brigantia of both geography and imagination, where Queen Cartimandua rubs shoulders with screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, and Tom Cruise is proselytising upon the streets of Manchester.’
For readers in the UK it is available here:
For readers in the US you can get it here:
