Poetry
Thank You Note
Her pet blotter went out with liquid ink akin to bustle in a blink. Her cursive; one
long vine. She tills the syllables that perspire from an antique pen, pressing onto
cream-hued sheets absorbent, plush. Her premonitory inklings dress for dinner. As if
protocol had turned striptease enlisting other species. As thunder ravages a garden
party to which several have been uninvited.
Sheila E. Murphy
Sheila E. Murphy appeared in Verse Daily, Fortnightly Review, Poetry, Hanging Loose, and others. Most recent book: Escritoire (Lavender Ink, 2025). Won the Gertrude Stein Poetry Award for Letters to Unfinished J. (Green Integer Press, 2003). Won the Hay(ha)ku Book Prize for Reporting Live From You Know Where (Meritage Press, 2018). She lives in Phoenix, Arizona. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Murphy.