Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Two by Sheila E Murphy


Intonation

Monotony infringes on
philosophy. Consider
rumination an invasive
norm. Aquiring
beyond spatial
limitations.
When the heart relaxes
into mezzo sop-,
then dearly held
addictions linger
amid strangers

who outlast
the piebald weather's rigid
and intemperate unison,
questioning local control.
The poor are always
holograms. One keeps
chiefly to oneself, again.
The ritual of speaking
the unspeakable
dimensions.


Scholar's Plate

Walnut.
Chestnut.
Peanut.
Round squash.

Cloud-free
daylight
bodes well.
What next?

Put back:
tap shoes,
white lies,
backlash.

Known feel.
Sand trap.
Free zone.
Come back.







Sheila E. Murphy’s most recent books include Continuations 2 (with Douglas Barbour) from the University of Alberta Press, and American Ghazals, from Otoliths Press. Both books appeared in 2012. Murphy lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where she is Principal with the firm Executive Advisement, LLC, a newly merged organization emphasizing services to chief executives of private, public, and nonprofit companies. Murphy is a lifelong teacher, poet, and recently a visual artist.





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