Sandra Fox Murphy

Sandra Fox Murphy lives in central Texas, was born near the Delaware River and raised on USAF bases across the globe, and is a graduate of The University of Texas, with a degree in English literature and minor in French. She was inspired early by the Beatnik poets, and now retired and newly purposed, she reads at local open mics and has been published in The Ocotillo Review and in Texas anthologies.

“Kismet,” “Walking as Loren Eiseley” and “An Ominous Greeting”

We’ve had enough! We’re taking it back!
The earth once belonged to the docile and us—
the wild—but no more will you, the puffed-up,
two-legged man, raze our forests and our swamps,
no more spew your chemicals into our homes
or fell our forests and set our lairs ablaze,

Issue 36, April 2020

Sandra Fox Murphy

Sandra Fox Murphy lives in central Texas, was born near the Delaware River and raised on USAF bases across the globe, and is a graduate of The University of Texas, with a degree in English literature and minor in French. She was inspired early by the Beatnik poets, and now retired and newly purposed, she reads at local open mics and has been published in The Ocotillo Review and in Texas anthologies.

“Kismet,” “Walking as Loren Eiseley” and “An Ominous Greeting”

We’ve had enough! We’re taking it back!
The earth once belonged to the docile and us—
the wild—but no more will you, the puffed-up,
two-legged man, raze our forests and our swamps,
no more spew your chemicals into our homes
or fell our forests and set our lairs ablaze,

Issue 36, April 2020

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