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- Psaltery & Lyre’s New Site
- 123 Psaltery & Lyre: “Agricola Dreams of Flying” by J. Rose Lara
- 122 Psaltery & Lyre: “Communion: a love poem (a villanelle)” by Rachel Bollinger
- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
- Book Review: Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies
- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
- Book Review: LoterÃa Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
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Murray Alfredson Archive
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76 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Peaceful Blessing”
Posted on September 12, 2013 | No Comments"I could not pick his speech, and asked / where he had come from. 'Afghanistan.' I told / how once his folk were honoured in this town, / their little mosque a glory, qibla tiled / deep blue." -
72 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Silences”
Posted on August 15, 2013 | 1 Comment"A dog sits silent. Her gaze shafts up / in study of her master's face; / nostrils twitch and forelegs quiver - / she waits the crinkle of a smile, / the open hand that reaches down, / that turns her silence to a lick . . . ." -
51 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, Two Poems
Posted on March 21, 2013 | No Comments"She stood short of the ford, / dainty footed, silken kimono / splashed red against the mud and autumn dun." -
48 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “The pivot”
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 2 Comments"And would I not feel diminished / a little, were that plant to die? ~ / just as I sense concern to see / the leaves on three or four twig-clusters / lately turned from green to dun? / I am already lessened." -
47 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Skull-locked”
Posted on February 21, 2013 | 1 Comment"o quiet indweller / can we ever / know if you / be more / than skull-locked?" -
42 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Prince of Peace”
Posted on January 20, 2013 | No Comments"Plucked and torn / and capped in thorn / that sprig was hung / from cross bar slung / with ache of nails."