Selected Poems
The El
Family Dollar
Her Head
She's Coming!
Coming of Age on the Harlem
Eternity
Play by Play
Survivors — Found
All poems are © Joan Murray
that poetry can still be . . . .
She has a love of the hypnotic
wash of the words over the ear,
the dedication to the sounds,
and the love of dramatic gesture."
— The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Murray sustains the emotion and offers an eminently readable rhythmic narrative that crackles with candor and wry sagacity.”
— Detroit Free Press