Arthur Turfa

In the Top Ten Pangolin Review 2019 Poetry Prize!

From Pittsburgh to South Carolina, Arthur Turfa has traveled and lived in many places. These form the core of his poetry, along with people he has met. His influences are Eliot, Auden, and Rilke, to name a few. He has also written history, which permeates his other writing. His poetry appears in several journals, and now in book form.

Many things inspire him, from a field near his home, to the Brandenburg Gate, or from a painting to a person influenced him. Get to know this bi-vocational writer who shares his past, present, and dreams with you,