Driftwood Compendium: Codex Files: Volume 1

By William C. Murphy

This is the first is a collection of poem books written by William Murphy.
Contained within are meditations of Time and of Memory and of Identity, It charts the beginning of what he calls his ten-year journey, all contained inside are from the first year of a long, difficult path from the darkness of youth and the growth inherent in adulthood. His struggles and backsteps and detours are recounted throughout.

Volume 1 features the establishment of the symbols and icons that are continuously developed and elaborated as the journey carries on in future instalments. What are treated as complex metaphors and concepts here become building blocks in books to come, some even becoming so fundamental they disappear.

Come with me, on a journey of self-discovery and growth where the enemy is the nameless torment Trauma and the agitation of unknown Allergies and how together they quietly breed rage.

Thus begins the path, to overcome Anger and Long Buried Grief, to harness the Trauma of Youth and become a better man in time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GSHH4LL7
• ISBN13: 9798251745399
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"