{"product_id":"having-lived-paperback","title":"Having Lived - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Murphy's Having Lived leads us quietly through a land of his memories, giving us glimpses of family, friends, streets, towns, ships, and events large and small that have shaped his life. The journey starts early in his life, when \"Success seemed inevitable . . . every street Easy Street,\" closing the collection with a poem noting that had he spent years unable to write, \"but whatever was broken \/ has healed.\" We meet five generations of his family. We hear their stories, how they lived, how they loved, how they suffered. In \"Your Footprints\" he retraces the life of a family patriarch, an uncle to whom he says, \"I'm the age you were then: . . . no less burdened; no better off . . . It's no surprise \/ to find your footprints \/ at my feet.\" No fireworks, no explosions, just quiet, well-written, accessible poetry. A fine odyssey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Art Elser, Ph.D., is an award-winning author of four poetry collections, most recently To See a World in a Grain of Sand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Joseph Murphy's Having Lived is a fine book by a gifted poet with a strong, authentic voice, one that is able to touch the reader's soul. The poetry in this collection ranges from moving elegies and lyric poems of homecoming and longing, like \"For Emily,\" to personal histories retold as narratives with deft ironies such as \"Greensky Hill\" and \"The Story Teller.\" Common to all these works is a collective poignancy that cap-tures many of the shared sentiments from our times, both the comic and the sad. As the book progresses, the reader has a sense of the poet hav-ing traveled great distances, emotionally and spiritually, with the haunt-ing power and energy of his imagery from such poems as \"Shooting Star\" and \"The Robin\" lingering on long after the reading. Murphy's subtle grasp of our contemporary lives, as revealed through his accessi-ble poetry, will have a wide audience appeal. I highly recommend Hav-ing Lived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dan Guenther has published two poetry collections. His award-winning fourth novel, Glossy Black Cockatoos, is set in Australia and Laos, following the fall of Saigon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Murphy is a retired public relations executive. His poetry has appeared in a wide range of online and print journals. Murphy's first collection of poems, Crafting Wings, was published in 2017. Murphy attended high school at Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass. He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a master's degree in human resources management from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, Calif. While at Berkeley he was awarded the Eisner Prize for poetry, the university's highest award in the arts. Murphy is a member of the Colorado Authors' League and for eight years (2010-2018) was poetry editor for an online literary publication, Halfway Down the Stairs. He is also a veteran, having served on active duty and as a reservist in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a commander.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.16 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46220350062789,"sku":"9781947465794","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/FzB0X6fyki9781947465794.webp?v=1778753008","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/having-lived-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}