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Home, Where My Love Lies Waiting, Silently For Me

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In which Emma kind of goes on a rant, basically. Continue reading »

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AWP: Traditions, Revisions, Permissions (Or I’m Okay, You’re Okay, Let’s Skip The Dance Party)

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She doesn’t even go here! Continue reading »

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The Witches Are Flying Your Way

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In which Emma invites the people of the greater Birmingham area to come and hear her and Kate Greenstreet read. Y’all, it’s gonna be a THING. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Eight

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In which Emma somehow manages to provide spoilers for her own damn blog. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Three

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A belated but grateful photo recap. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Forty-Two

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In which Emma combines Instagram, poetry, and general misanthropy in an attempt to make the most obnoxious blog entry ever. Continue reading »

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That Was The Week That Was: Week Thirty-One

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In which Emma captions photos and tells some jokes that aren’t jokes because she is too tired to tell if something is actually funny or not. Continue reading »

2012 / 365 / A festival of photos / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Another summer in a winter town / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / Artist's Renditions / bad behavior in public places / bright shining spots in the very much dark / Chchchchanges / childhood ailments and other daily disasters / Dad / disagreeable/agreeable / DUENDE / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / Emma is very lucky / Emma's dsyfunctional relationship with Diet Coke / family / Family Traditions / flickr / Free to Be You and Me / Friendship Is Magic / Gertrude Stein (feline version) / Home / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / inspiration / instagram / IRL Drama Llama / It is ON 2012 / kidney stones / kitteh / learning / learning patience slowly / Movin' on / My meowing roommates / NOT COOL. / perfection is boring. period. / Photo for the day / Photography / pictorial representations / poems / poetry / Poetry as therapy / Poetry Exercises / poets / re-purposing / Recharging the mental batteries / Resolutions / Retrospectitating / Retrospective / shameless cat photos / Squee! / Thanks and thanks again / That Was The Week That Was / The evolution of Emma / The Great Kidney Stone Battle Royale of 2012 / the heft of cathedral tunes / The latest medical anomaly / the poem factory / thought for the day / toys / velociraptors / visual representations / What Emma is up to / where are you going where have you been / Where I Often Travel / wonders and apparitions / writing life / writing space / You gotta have friends / zuihitsu

That Was The Week That Was: Week Twenty-Eight

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In which Emma explains why she isn’t moaning and groaning and shows photos from an awesome week. Continue reading »

2012 / A manifesto of sorts / accidental confessions / aesthetic theory / Amazing discoveries and wondrous visions / Art and life and love and The Big Stuff / DUENDE / Emily Dickinson = The Ultimate / Emma is very lucky / Emma's theories on what makes for Very Good Poetry / extended metaphors / failed or otherwise / False Dichotomies / Fear and how to face it / Home / hopes and dreams / How Emily Dickinson changed (saved?) my life / influences / inspiration / Language systems / learning / love poems / mullings and ramblings / music / no words / odd comparisons and awkward metaphors / Perspiration? Inspiration? / poems / poetry / Poetry as therapy / random musings / readings / Shifting metaphors / Thanks and thanks again / The evolution of Emma / The grind / thought for the day / wonders and apparitions / writing life

Before It Breaks

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In which Emma talks about poetry and music and being in awe of it all. Continue reading »

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Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck …

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In which Emma writes a kinda cheesy entry but talks about people wailing on their guitars, too. Continue reading »