War-Wise and Other Poems
by
Book Cover & Preview Text
From WAR-WISE: D-DAY The enemy’s bombs dropped hard upon the beach; To the dying man, grasping at dawn, appeared A dawn where jocund Day lay out of reach, And Night loomed closer than he’d ever feared.
Formats
Book Details
Recognition Programs
About the Book
Written with language that works in harmony with the rhythm of the poems, seasoned poet David J. Murray offers his third collection of work in War-Wise and Other Poems.
Presented in two parts, the first set, War-Wise, contains thirty-five poems reflecting Murray’s memories of life in Manchester, England, during World War II—a war that began when he was two years old. Emitting clear and powerful imagery, some of the titles are straightforward narrative. Others are more reflective and address the effect the Holocaust had on his eight-year-old mind.
In “Ghosts,” Murray combines the innocence of childhood with the violence of war.
The second collection, One Hundred Mood Studies, contains a set of short, stand-alone, rhymed sonnets, each expressing a modern-day emotional conflict. Exercises in the craft of formal writing, these poems provide an outlet for everyday shifts in emotions.
About the Author
David J. Murray retired in 1995 as emeritus professor of psychology at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His first book of poetry, Confusion Matrix and Other Poems (2007), was selected by iUniverse as a Publisher’s Choice. Surface Tension and Other Poems (2008), received the iUniverse Editor’s Choice designation.