Richard Murphy
Poem of the Week: “Kassapa” by Richard Murphy
Perhaps the king, whose name evoked the sun,
Riding his elephant, under a pearl umbrella
Through parched rice-fields on the dry zone plain,
Had seen this rock aspiring from the earth…
Continue ReadingPoem of the Week: “High Island” by Richard Murphy
A shoulder of rock
Sticks high up out of the sea,
A fisherman’s mark
For lobster and blue-shark.
