Poetry. "These poems were created from an inward glow that any sensitive reader will share in with delight" ---Peter Ganick. "Murphy's playful experimentalism never falls into pretention, never fails to delight. GREEN TEA WITH GINGER insists meditation must know laughter as part of insight; 'detailed or smoldering,' paying close attention reaps profound linguistic rewards" ---Douglas Barbour.

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.