Sheila E. Murphy

password. very short poetry.

Thanks, Melissa Allen, for including my short piece (page 6) in Issue 3.1 of Password: Journal of Very Short Poetry.

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thanks loads!

West - Poetry Bay Sheila E Murphy WEST I do not dream often but I dream well. Kalispell. I have not been to

Thanks to Editor George Wallace for including my poem "West" in the journal Poetry Bay.
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Rue Scribe An online journal for small literature

With thanks to Eric Luthi for presenting my poem "When" that appears today 25 February in Rue Scribe.

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Thanks to Editor Rupert M. Loydell for featuring this poem by yours truly today. Check it out.

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Thanks to Zak Block at Squawk Back for publishing two fictions by me:

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Thanks to Editor Rupert Loydell for featuring my poem "Waiting Room" in International Times.
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Thanks to Editor Arzu Deniz, Founding EIC of Prosectrics: The Literary Magazine, for including my poem "Devotions for the New Year" in Issue #12: Aurora published in print January 2026. Check it out.

The Flowers by Sheila E. Murphy The flowers warmed to the sound of her voice When she sang in lower case her alto matte finish voice  Delicate petals half fell [...]

Thanks to
Suzanne Craig-Whytock for publishing this piece today.

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Preceded by the Common Market.

The newest Verse-Virtual is live. Thanks to Jim Lewis!
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Eunoia Review beautiful thinking

Today (dated 1 31 2026) my piece titled "Differently" appeared in Eunoia Journal. Thanks to Ian Chung.

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Rue Scribe An online journal for small literature

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Happy to have a piece in Rue Scribe just released today.

Tuesday poem #669 : Larry Sawyer : Filled with the Memory of Your Porcelain Abandonment I am your animal filled with light. My eyes are yellow flame. In the night I  lurk among the flowers,  where they lie sleeping.  ...

Tuesday poem #669 : Larry Sawyer : Filled with the Memory of Your Porcelain Abandonment / @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social @larrysawyer.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social ;
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Happy to have "Cush Points" appear in Lana Turner Journal #18, just out.

Gorgeous, Lina. I have reposted. Thank you.

Kenyatta Rogers — Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose Ars Poetica: Larry Sawyer Tonight needs to cook like greens at the holiday, like a hot comb, like a glass of water in a pot of water.  Support that type of baking. The candlestick maker, the po...

Beautiful tribute to Larry by Kenyatta Rogers ❤️😢

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Don't miss Descent In Five (motions) by Tobey Hiller, just published by Sandy Press. It's a remarkable book!

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Bravo, Ian! Looking forward to reading, and I love the interview.

Received sad news today that Ed Foster has left us. RIP.

Sheila E. Murphy You Ain’t Gusto Gone To Makeshift SilenceSwish tail Vichyssoise Leekly midnight eloquent Elopement dramatist purgation North of Roth holdings chasteAs miniature flags flagging downHelp helplessly s…

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Thanks to Bill Allegrezza for featuring this poem in Moss Trill today!

Thou art too kind, Mr. M!

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Happy to have a poem in the inaugural Michigan-based new journal, The Dolomite Review.

Delighted to have two pieces included in Noon: An Anthology of Short Poems (Volume 2), edited by Philip Rowland. This second volume is remarkable. Check it out.

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Highly recommend Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know.
Delicious and brilliantly entertaining.

"Broth" by Sheila E. Murphy "Broth" poem by Sheila E. Murphy

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Thanks to Meia Geddes for including this poem of mine in Poetose. Honored to be there.

Bittering Up - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Manuel bonadeo on Unsplash by Sheila E. Murphy Hilda wields a curious power with her ritually unhappy face. She knows she is surrounded by people pleasers who cringe as they watch her wrinkle...

“She knows she is surrounded by people pleasers who cringe as they watch her wrinkle her expression on Zoom then work to move her face muscles back to neutral smooth.” @shemurph.bsky.social

Flash from the past in Jacket:

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We Do Not Part by Han Kang is a life-changing read. Highly recommended.

Your piece is astonishing and wonderful, Douglas.