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Endorsements for GPS USA

6/3/2026

“Rich Murphy’s remarkable ability not only aligns ideas but transform them into something entirely new and profound. For this, we have given him a new title: “The Alchemist Syzygyan.” Just as a syzygy aligns celestial bodies, Murphy’s poems align disparate ideas, and just as an alchemist transmutes base metals into gold, they transmute these alignments into intellectual gold.” -- Emeniano Acain Somoza, Jr., Editor of Syzygy Poetry Journal, Philippines

“GPA USA is a watershed publication for Rich Murphy, where poet meets the moment, where Murphy’s skill and sardonic vision take us behind the Potemkin Villages of contemporary politics and culture. This new collection is not just a winking sidelook at the absurdities of our modern existence: rather it’s an unblinking gaze at the contradictions and convenient fictions we are asked to accept as the cost of comfort, complacency. Political sleight of hand and social chimera are scalpeled open and exposed to hard light. What Rich calls “Orwellian Creep” is tracked through myriad “American molds” that turn us into “cynical parrots.”

“His language in these poems is surgical and multi-valanced, always with a return to that “Orwellian Creep” we all suffer. Without access to truth, we become transparent, without substance, awed by the national puppet shows, our “life siphoned off on the cheap” in the title poem. I have been a fan of Rich Murphy’s poetry for decades, marveling at his ability to catch nuance and prism it into clarity and insight. This collection is a step or two beyond that. If you wonder why tyrants always come for the poets before taking control, this collection illustrates why.” -- Robert Smart, Professor Emeritus, Quinnipiac University

The Shifter Place

6/3/2026

The Concession Stand

6/3/2026

Field Goals

6/3/2026

GPS USA

6/2/2026

From Bass Clef Books out in September 2025

8/31/2025

Featured Poet: Rich Murphy The Alchemist Syzygyan

8/31/2025

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Syzygy Poetry Journal

8/31/2025

Pleased to be Featured Poet at Syzygy

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Congratulations, Rich, on being featured again! Following your initial recognition as “The Thinking Syzygyan Poet” in 2015, it’s a pleasure to welcome you back for a new feature. Your work has been praised for its masterful alignment of diverse concepts, which led to your first moniker. Now, for your remarkable ability to not only align these ideas but to transform them into something entirely new and profound, we have given you a new title: “The Alchemist Syzygyan.” Just as a syzygy aligns celestial bodies, you align disparate ideas, and just as an alchemist transmutes base metals into gold, you transmute these alignments into intellectual gold. This one-on-one aims to explore the creative process behind your intellectually vibrant and transformative work.

"Ouch, All Together" a poem published in Storage Shed bu Resourse Publications at Wipf and Stock.

5/21/2025

"Isolation Station" published in Storage Shed by Resourse Publications 5/25.

5/20/2025

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