Poetry

My poem, “Patients Waiting,” has been published in Write City Ezine. Read the poem.            Read more

I’m honored that my poem ~ “Patients Waiting” ~ has been selected for publication in The Chicago Writers Association anthology, The Write City Review, Volume 4 edited by Maggie Smith. Buy a copy of The Write City Review, Volume 4Read more

I'm sending out a big thank you to Doubleback Review for giving fresh air to my poem, “Divining Paradise.” Read "Divining Paradise." Read Doubleback Review.Read more

  Happy to have two poems in Sparks of Calliope! Read the poems here.  Read more

My poem, "Beira: Scottish Queen of Winter," won first prize in the 2016 Arkansas Scottish Festival Poetry Contest. Read the Winning PoemsRead more

I received second prize in the 2013 Arkansas Scottish Festival Poetry Contest for my poem titled "Aife." Aife by Teresa Burns Murphy Aife turned away from the messenger who brought the news that her only child, Connla, was dead, run through by his father’s sword. Cuchilain fatally mistook his son for a foe. Forever destined to battle the deep, Cuchilain raged against the waves. Aife grieved like a woman warrior. She built a fire in her round house of wattle and daub. All night she stoked the blaze and watched the smoke escape…Read more