Poem of the Week

Poem of the Week: 'My Mother Moves Into Adolescence' by Deborah Alma

by Yen-Yen Lu April 5, 2016

My Mother Moves Into Adolescence My mother comes round with my star signsa thin apple pie, shop bought,that no-one will want, and the Daily Mail.We...

Posted in Deborah Alma, My Mother Moves Into Adolescence, The Emma Press, True Tales of the Countryside

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Poem of the Week - ‘Monopoly’ by Catherine Smith

by Yen-Yen Lu October 27, 2015

Monopoly Almost bankrupt and only recently released from jail,she owes her ten year oldfour hundred quid in rentfor landing on his new hotel in Bo...

Posted in Catherine Smith, The Emma Press

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Poem of the Week - ‘Handshake’ by Alan Buckley

by Yen-Yen Lu October 6, 2015

Handshake When I speakto my father nowhe is always wearing the sameclothes - olive greencap, matchingzip-up jacketbrown corduroysslightly too shor...

Posted in Alan Buckley, The Emma Press

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Poem of the Week - ‘Tonight, Matthew...’ by Rachel Piercey

by Pete Hebden August 26, 2015

Tonight, Matthew… I will ascend the possibilities of myself: my indifferent health,my tendency to baulk, the temperI was warned would hold me back...

Posted in Poem of the Week, Rachel Piercey, The Emma Press

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Poem of the Week - "Ten Years Later in a Different Bar" by Zeina Hashem Beck

by Pete Hebden February 10, 2015

I was sat in the office, perusing the wonderful Emma Press anthology Homesickness and Exile (I do occasionally do some work, I promise) when I came...

Posted in anthology, Homesickness and Exile, Pushcart Prize, The Emma Press, Zeina Hashem Beck

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