Bryan Murphy's Blog, page 15
August 30, 2012
Ghazal
From Snakeskin's blog:
http://snakeskinpoetry.wordpress.com/
Poetic Phonetic
August 21, 2012
I’ve just received an interesting submission from Snakeskin poet Bryan Murphy. He has sent in a ghazal (“Whatever Can”) in syllabics – seventeen syllables per line. Since syllable counts don’t always come out the same in different accents, he has sent the poem in the phonetic alphabet, to demonstrate how it sounds in his (Southern urban British) accent. Here it is – those who can’t manage phonetics will have to wait till the September issue, to read it in more orthodox orthography:
bʊlz aɪ ɔn diː nəʊ tei ʃən jʊː fɪks ðɪː ʌn də miː nɪŋ pəː fɪkt staːt
ðɛn trænz leit mɔː feil tʊː ɜː lɪ tə reit ðʌs bɪ trei jɔː pəː fɪkt aːt
kʌt fæb sez ðə bɔs jə nɔt ʃʊə hɪːz dʌn rəʊlz ðə nekst siːn fæb ə gɛn
jə feis jə ɪm ɪdʒ ɔn scriːn krɪndʒ ət ðə hæm nɛ və jə pəː fikt paːt
brænd njuː stjuː diə jə vɔis swɪŋz wɪð ðɪː ɪn strəː mənts tʃaimz wɪð ðə kaun təz
ðei kɔːl jə bæk rə zʌlt ə mɛs tɛk mɪs teiks smæʃt jə pəː fɪkt bəʊ gaːt
naʊ jɔː ðə dai rɛk tə jə æk təz ə greit straik ɔːl jə lɔŋ sɔːt nəʊts
ðə friː zɪŋ θɪə təz ɛmp tɪ nəs hɪts jə ai laik ə pəː fɪkt θrəʊn daːt
ɛ pɪ də məl ɛks tə sɪː dʌv tei lɪŋ maindz dʒɔi ɪn fɔː ɪː tʃʌ ðə
ðɛn jə wəːd aut əv pleis sɛts bæk hə səːtʃ fə jə faː frəm pəː fɪkt haːt
jə əʊn wəːdz nau jə kən duː ɪt diː nəʊ kɔ nəʊ ə lɪt bʌt kliː ʃei
məː fiːz lɔː sʌn miːnz jəl nɛ və wrait wɛl ɪn ʌf fə ðis pəː fɪkt aːt
http://snakeskinpoetry.wordpress.com/
Poetic Phonetic
August 21, 2012
I’ve just received an interesting submission from Snakeskin poet Bryan Murphy. He has sent in a ghazal (“Whatever Can”) in syllabics – seventeen syllables per line. Since syllable counts don’t always come out the same in different accents, he has sent the poem in the phonetic alphabet, to demonstrate how it sounds in his (Southern urban British) accent. Here it is – those who can’t manage phonetics will have to wait till the September issue, to read it in more orthodox orthography:
bʊlz aɪ ɔn diː nəʊ tei ʃən jʊː fɪks ðɪː ʌn də miː nɪŋ pəː fɪkt staːt
ðɛn trænz leit mɔː feil tʊː ɜː lɪ tə reit ðʌs bɪ trei jɔː pəː fɪkt aːt
kʌt fæb sez ðə bɔs jə nɔt ʃʊə hɪːz dʌn rəʊlz ðə nekst siːn fæb ə gɛn
jə feis jə ɪm ɪdʒ ɔn scriːn krɪndʒ ət ðə hæm nɛ və jə pəː fikt paːt
brænd njuː stjuː diə jə vɔis swɪŋz wɪð ðɪː ɪn strəː mənts tʃaimz wɪð ðə kaun təz
ðei kɔːl jə bæk rə zʌlt ə mɛs tɛk mɪs teiks smæʃt jə pəː fɪkt bəʊ gaːt
naʊ jɔː ðə dai rɛk tə jə æk təz ə greit straik ɔːl jə lɔŋ sɔːt nəʊts
ðə friː zɪŋ θɪə təz ɛmp tɪ nəs hɪts jə ai laik ə pəː fɪkt θrəʊn daːt
ɛ pɪ də məl ɛks tə sɪː dʌv tei lɪŋ maindz dʒɔi ɪn fɔː ɪː tʃʌ ðə
ðɛn jə wəːd aut əv pleis sɛts bæk hə səːtʃ fə jə faː frəm pəː fɪkt haːt
jə əʊn wəːdz nau jə kən duː ɪt diː nəʊ kɔ nəʊ ə lɪt bʌt kliː ʃei
məː fiːz lɔː sʌn miːnz jəl nɛ və wrait wɛl ɪn ʌf fə ðis pəː fɪkt aːt
August 29, 2012
Goodbye, Padania
Dalla Calabria con amore. E con la morte. Vi presento Daria Rigoletti: http://www.bryanmurphy.eu/goodbye_pad...
August 25, 2012
Noir
From Calabria with love. And death. Meet Daria Rigoletti: http://www.bryanmurphy.eu/ebooks.asp
August 23, 2012
A cracker
Christmas in England turns deadly for P.I. Morg Mahoney in "Christmas Cracker." www.rlcherry.com/books
August 22, 2012
Ireland
Ireland, where you never meet a stranger! http://www.ExtraordinaryIreland.wordp...
Revolution
Meet 60 ordinary people who are trying to change the world. The Compassionate Rebel Revolution http://www.compassionaterebel.com/
August 9, 2012
Goodbye details
I've just put a second e-book on sale. Here are the details.
Goodbye, Padania. Parallel text e-book. English and Italian. Author: Bryan Murphy. Translator: Eva Bruno. 98 pages. Price €1.99 from: http://www.bryanmurphy.eu/ebooks.asp
Set in an imaginary future independent country carved out of Northern Italy, “Goodbye, Padania” is the story of a young woman’s attempt to go beyond the role that fate has apparently designed for her: contract killer. Against the background of the death agonies of a pariah state, Daria Rigoletti transforms herself first into a people-smuggler and then into a cult leader, but circumstances combine against her attempts to break free of violence.
As well as being entertaining in itself, this parallel text edition aims to provide material for learners and teachers of English, Italian and translation.
Goodbye, Padania. Parallel text e-book. English and Italian. Author: Bryan Murphy. Translator: Eva Bruno. 98 pages. Price €1.99 from: http://www.bryanmurphy.eu/ebooks.asp
Set in an imaginary future independent country carved out of Northern Italy, “Goodbye, Padania” is the story of a young woman’s attempt to go beyond the role that fate has apparently designed for her: contract killer. Against the background of the death agonies of a pariah state, Daria Rigoletti transforms herself first into a people-smuggler and then into a cult leader, but circumstances combine against her attempts to break free of violence.
As well as being entertaining in itself, this parallel text edition aims to provide material for learners and teachers of English, Italian and translation.
August 8, 2012
Daria Rigoletti
Ladies and Gentlemen, Please say hello to Daria Rigoletti and Goodbye, Padania: http://www.bryanmurphy.eu/ebooks.asp !
August 5, 2012
HQ Poetry Magazine
The postman has just delivered my subscription copy of HQ Poetry Magazine (formerly The Haiku Quarterly), which Kevin Bailey has edited for a number of years.
Although it is a print magazine, it does have a web presence at http://www.hqpoetry.co.uk with selected poems and subscription information. It needs more subscribers to ensure that its next (42nd) issue will not be one of the last.
For the first time HQ Poetry Magazine includes something by me. Since I cannot post a link, here is the whole short poem:
Reprieve
This blind metal coffin,
forged in a distant city
I now call my home,
ploughs over country crossroads.
Synapses, slowed by green light,
let fingers slip across the wheel;
undeterred, the car swerves
into a future where we may write anew.
Although it is a print magazine, it does have a web presence at http://www.hqpoetry.co.uk with selected poems and subscription information. It needs more subscribers to ensure that its next (42nd) issue will not be one of the last.
For the first time HQ Poetry Magazine includes something by me. Since I cannot post a link, here is the whole short poem:
Reprieve
This blind metal coffin,
forged in a distant city
I now call my home,
ploughs over country crossroads.
Synapses, slowed by green light,
let fingers slip across the wheel;
undeterred, the car swerves
into a future where we may write anew.
August 4, 2012
Introduction
Turn the volume up and listen to my introduction to "Linehan's Trip" on the website http://www.bryanmurphy.eu
