Author: Russ Murray
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Searching for meaning / in Dad’s Poetry folder / I found none, but him.
This is about George Murray, Poet…
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THE THIN MAN, A SCULPTURE
On page 8 of “Act One”, George Murray’s book of poems, is my personal favorite, entitled, “THE THIN MAN, A SCULPTURE”. Well, perhaps it’s not my favorite, but we (his children) grew up with two sculptures of thin men in our home, one or both of which inspired him to write this poem, so the title was…
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COME THAT SPRING
On page 3 of “Act One”, the first (and only) book of George Murray’s poems, is one entitled, “COME THAT SPRING”. The month of this blog post is June (the last week of it), with Spring a damp, blustery memory, so this poem may seem seasonally-incorrect, but its message is not. Read more than once, and enjoy… ……
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Act One, a published book of Poems by George Murray
George Murray’s only book of poems was entitled “Act One”, self-published in 1976, printed by Triton Press in California. His first book “Act One” was dedicated to his second wife Ursula, though perhaps it should have been named “Act Two” under those circumstances… 🙂 I believe it was Ursula, who hand-drew the black, stenciled letters of the…
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George Murray / Poet, Word-Lover / and Father.
This blog is about my dad, and his love of words. He left us in February 2010, but his typed and written words live on. We periodically post George Murray’s published, unpublished, public, and private work, as we dust it off in the archives. We hope you enjoy George Murray’s words and wordplay here!…
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George Murray, Poet 