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As part of the Sanctuaries issue, we thought we'd feature some local poets.  Poetry has long been a source of solace for so many.  Reading poetry is an introspective process -- we read poetry to get a glimpse of the world or live into a situation that goes beyond personal experience, shedding new light on our own lives.  Below is a PDF link to a piece by our first poet...

Jim Murphy teaches creative writing at the University of Montevallo, where he also directs the Montevallo Literary Festival and chairs the Dept. of English & Foreign Languages. His chapbook, The Memphis Sun (Kent State UP), won the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Award, and his first full-length collection, Heaven Overland, is available from Kennesaw State UP.  His poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Brooklyn Review, Cimarron Review, Gulf Coast, Painted Bride Quarterly, Puerto del Sol, Southern Poetry Review, The Southern Review, TriQuarterly and other journals.   

Below is Murphy's poem, Joy Spring Diamond, which first appeared in Waccamaw. 

Files: 

Joy Spring Diamond w_ acknowledgement.pdf

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