Poetry. Sheila E. Murphy's selection gives readers access to a range of work, from earlier books like TETH to her work in the late 90s. As the person who coined the term American Haibun, Murphy shows her mastery of the contemporary prose poem. ".all the senses are present and alive animating a prosody equally at ease working a four-poster structure of four four-line stanzas, a mackerel sky of poetic prose, or a cumulus of vers libre"-Norma Cole.

Sheila E. Murphy (b. 1951, Mishawaka, Indiana) is an American text and visual poet who has been writing and publishing actively since 1978. She currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned: B.A. degree (music/English) from Nazareth College, Kalamazoo, Michigan M.A. degree (English Language and Literature) from The University of Michigan Ph. D. degree (Educational Administration and Supervision, Emphasizing Community Education) from Arizona State University. With Beverly Carver, Murphy co-founded and coordinated the Scottsdale Center for the Arts Poetry Series for twelve years. Murphy has engaged in a broad range of poetic styles over nearly three decades of writing and publication.