Dan Murphy

The Weight of Money by Sean Thomas Dougherty the weight of money is more than can be measured

The Weight of Money
by Sean Thomas Dougherty

"Is worth mentioning is one gram. But a Benjamin is a liter of blood. I often remind my kids that a Happy Meal costs a quarter of an hour. Your bicycle was a week’s wage."
www.onlypoemsdaily.com/p/the-weight...

Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970

The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside

Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23

They constantly let America down

Now is an excellent time to register for this:

Text from Boston Globe digital: Dan Murphy ("Estate Sale"), Nathanael O'Reilly ("(Un)belonging"), and Nina Palisano are introduced by Karl Kirchwey to read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via Zoom. (Reservation is required.)

Hey, look who's (kinda) in the Boston Globe:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/a...

Excited to read from my book ESTATE SALE tonight alongside two excellent poets, Nathanael O'Reilly & Antonina Palisano. 7pm at the Grolier in Harvard Sq. #poetsky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Text from Boston Globe digital: Dan Murphy ("Estate Sale"), Nathanael O'Reilly ("(Un)belonging"), and Nina Palisano are introduced by Karl Kirchwey to read their poetry at 7 p.m. at Grolier Poetry Book Shop and virtually via Zoom. (Reservation is required.)

Hey, look who's (kinda) in the Boston Globe:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/18/a...

Excited to read from my book ESTATE SALE tonight alongside two excellent poets, Nathanael O'Reilly & Antonina Palisano. 7pm at the Grolier in Harvard Sq. #poetsky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

A poetry book on a wood counter: Distributary by Luke Johnson. The cover appears to be an atmospheric painting with dark coloring, a bird squawking, the moon centered, but distant, a figure holding an old lantern, maybe.

Big congrats to @lukejohnsonpoet.bsky.social on the publication of his #poetry collection, DISTRIBUTARY. Can’t wait to dive into it, hopefully this weekend? 🤞😆 #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poetsky

TONIGHT!

TONIGHT!

And here’s some more info: richardhowe.com/2025/09/17/p...

Hey #poets/ #poetry readers—I’m reading from my book tomorrow at Lala Books in #Lowell, Mass. Poets Paul Marion & Nina Palisano will join me. Nina just had her book published, too. @akasomeguy.bsky.social chose it as winner of the 2024 Tomaž Šalamun Prize! Come by at 6:30. #poetsky #writingcommunity

At Boston U.. 7:00. this Monday, September 15, 2025, some wonderful poets, my former students, conspire to make me happy and embarrassed.

Lovely poem—thanks for sharing!

Walking After: A Poem by David Rosenthal - Identity Theory Everything is fraught / with terror when one’s life is blessed / by saving.

Hey! Here's a new poem by @davidrosenthalpoet.bsky.social

Delighted to share the rescheduled date for the reading with @dmurphy.bsky.social and Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom.

This event will now be held on Sunday, November 23rd at 3pm EST (12pm PST).

Register using the link below:

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YouTube video by CenteralToon #familyguy #funny

Quoted when (and where) least expected . . .

Happy Pub Day to TERMINAL SURREAL and the beautiful soul that will always be Martha Silano 🩷💜

@marthasilano.bsky.social
@acrebooks.bsky.social

Reprise of Four Poems in the wonderful Public School Poetry.

www.publicschoolpoetry.com/sean-thomas-...

UPDATE: Robert regrets to share that due to unforeseen circumstances, he will be unable to read at tomorrow’s event with Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom and @dmurphy.bsky.social .

More information re: event status, rescheduling, etc. will be shared shortly. Please stay tuned.

In just four days, Robert Pinsky and @dmurphy.bsky.social will be reading with Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom.

Join us on Sunday, August 24th at 12pm PST (3pm Eastern, 9pm Paris) for this free event moderated by Cecilia Woloch.

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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY

#booksky #poetry #poetryreading #EstateSale #ProverbsofLimbo

This book is epic as it is excellent. I can’t recommend it enough. An essential read about a singular person, life and mind.

🌸COVER REVEAL🌸 for MORE FLOWERS & it’s a beauty! I’m grateful to so many: @triohousepress.org, @krisbigalk.bsky.social, @natashakane.bsky.social & to @fascicles.bsky.social, @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, & @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for their kind, generous words!

Pre-order link in comments!

Restaurant in Ljubljana with tables and chairs under an awning outside and cobblestones below. On a stucco wall behind restaurant patrons, a sign on a chalkboard that reads: “SVOBODA PALESTINI FREE PALESTINE”

Seen in #Ljubljana:

“SVOBODA PALESTINI
FREE PALESTINE”

#freepalestine #peaceforpalestinians

Wow. It’s hard to find the right words for what this has meant to me.

🌞 The Sun Has Shifted As Have I is coming April 2026 from Torrey House Press. Preorders launched today!!! You can preorder your copy via the link in my bio. It will be available everywhere else very soon!

#books #poetry

Ministry of Truth

CECILIA WOLOCH & FRIENDS POETRY ON ZOOM PRESENTS A CELEBRATION OF NEW BOOKS BY ROBERT PINSKY 3-TIME US POET LAUREATE & DAN MURPHY WINNER OF THE AGHA SHAHID ALI PRIZE IN POETRY SUNDAY, AUGUST 24 NOON PACIFIC * 3PM EASTERN* 9 PM PARIS FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF READING BY CECILIA AND A Q&A * ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY: I’ll be reading from #EstateSale w the inimitable Robert Pinsky (@rpinsky.bsky.social) on Cecilia Woloch’s Zoom reading series. Limited space, & preregistration req, so sign up here, if interested: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
#poetsky

Robert Pinsky and Dan Murphy are reading at Cecilia Woloch's Poetry & Friends.

This event will take place on Zoom on Sunday, August 24th at 12pm PST (3pm EST; 9pm Paris Time).

Use the link below to register.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Wow—slow guerrilla marketing campaign 😆

A bookcase at Little City Books bookstore in Hoboken, NJ. Estate Sale by Dan Murphy sits between multi-colored bindings of poetry books (mostly) arranged in alphabetical order, including titles by John Milton, Marianne Moore, Paul Muldoon, Tomas Q. Morín, Eileen Myles, Richie Hofmann and Pablo Neruda.

Seen in the wild at Little City Books in Hoboken: ESTATE SALE sandwiched between a few #poets you’ve probably never heard of 😆 (!)

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #booksky #sealeychallenge

Best flight of my life!