With Inside Stories, Rich Murphy has as an initial impetus plumbing the physical and emotional interior of Homo sapiens. Friedrich Schiller’s play drive may best describe the style: ‘It is union of the unconscious and reflection that makes the poetic artist.’ Meta-modernism may best describe its heart. He agrees with philosopher Alain Badiou, who states, ‘Poetry in some sense portrays . . . what was impossible to say in the same language.’ A peek into the anatomical language for its functions and intrigues will become evident in Murphy’s poetics, as will the use of rudimentary scientific language for aspects of interiority.
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Rich Murphy’s First Aid was published by Resource Publications at Wipf and Stock in summer of 2023. Meme Measure, a collection of poems, was published by Resource Publications at Wipf and Stock in 2022. His poetry has won The Poetry Prize at Press Americana twice Americana (2013) and The Left Behind (2021) and Gival Press Poetry Prize Voyeur (2008). Space Craft by Resource Publications at Wipf and Stock also came out in 2021. Books Prophet Voice Now, essays published by Common Ground Research Network and Practitioner Joy, poetry by Resource Publications at Wipf and Stock were published in 2020. He has published nine other collections of poetry.