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Emma Lee
@emmalee1.bsky.social
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Poet, reviewer, short story writer based in Leicester, UK. No DMs unless I know you IRL.
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks to the team at The Pixel Project:
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The Pixel Project @thepixelproject.bsky.social · 1d
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH 2025: We present our 7th interview with Read For Pixels poets - Emma Lee who contributed her original poem "Why Doesn’t She Just Leave?" to our 1st charity poetry collection, UNDER HER EYE.

Read her interview here:
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pequotlibrary.bsky.social @pequotlibrary.bsky.social · Apr 11
Elizabeth Heyrick (1769–1831)
"Immediate not Gradual Abolition: Or, an Inquiry into the Shortest, Safest, and Most Effectual Means of Getting Rid of West Indian Slavery"
Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838.

Elizabeth Heyrick was a British Quaker abolitionist.
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 8d
Thank you.
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 8d
Another curated list of poetry blogs:
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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 8d
Despite everything, poetry. With @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @ren-powell.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social 3/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 40
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 9d
My poem up at Black Nore Review with thanks to the editor:
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Black Nore Review @blacknorereview.bsky.social · 9d
A cautionary tale from Emma Lee today. @emmalee1.bsky.social
Emma Lee – “Willowbrook sounds so homely”
Willowbrook sounds so homely I told him about that willow tree. When your road's name ends in brook, you kind of know but don't think. I got the kids out, that was my main worry. The neighbours helped. He doesn't listen. Its roots... The brook did its job, water was flowing. But there was a blockage. Water came up the drains over the kerb,
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 10d
Delightful little grump, also known as Honey, celebrating 19 years with us by catching the autumn sun. Originally a rescue, she turns 21 this month.
Calico cat sleeping in a large flowerpot in front of an established jasmine plant.
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The Broken Spine @thebrokenspine.co.uk · 11d
The brilliant @arachnepress.bsky.social has been spotlighted for #IndieLitMagGala 2025—a solo-run powerhouse publishing inclusive, radical, community-rooted work since 2012.

Massive thanks to @emmalee1.bsky.social for the nomination—this one’s richly deserved.

Read here: thebrokenspine.co.uk...
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 12d
Delighted to see my poem “Small Suns” published with thanks to the editors.
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Fictile Feelings (Poetry Special, October 2025) – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 13d
It seems to be #NationalPoetryDay again (#EveryDayIsPoetryDay) on the theme of 'play'. Not being a great writer of cheerful poems, here's one set in a play area published in The Dirigible Balloon www.dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Plans-o...
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children
www.dirigibleballoon.org
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 14d
My review of SuAndi's Leaning against Time @carcanet.bsky.social emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/l...
“Leaning Against Time” SuAndi (Carcanet) – book review
SuAndi Leaning Against Time book cover “Leaning Against Time” is a heavyweight selected collection that works both as an introduction to her work for those inexplicably not familiar with it and a r…
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 14d
Thank you
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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 15d
This week in the poetry blogs with @emmalee1.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social @vanopticon.bsky.social @johnglenday.bsky.social @pi-and-anne.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social 1/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 39
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 17d
My strangest (in a good way) publication yet: a poetry reed diffuser (peony scent) featuring my poem "You Didn't Name this Storm" (originally published in @thelakepoetry.bsky.social) www.urbanganges.com/product-page...
You didn't name this storm by Emma Lee | Poetry Reed Diffuser | Urban Ganges
It's said when you dream of someone,they want to come into your life.Overnight, flakes drifted into a sculptable layer for angels or dreams, an offer of possibilities. A search engine discovers the pl...
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 19d
Lovely review of Voles "Can Spring be Far Behind?" anthology and I get a name check for a poem title: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
Can Spring be Far Behind? anthology ed. Janice Dempsey, Vole | Write Out Loud
Can Spring be Far Behind? anthology ed. Janice Dempsey, Vole
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 21d
My review of Hannah Hull's Home is a Place that Visits Me from Arachne Press emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/h...
“Home is a Place that Visits Me” Hannah Hull (Arachne Press) – book review
Hannah Hull Home is a Place that Visits Me book cover “Home is a Place that Visits Me” has a content warning for abuse and self-harm (including suicide ideation) although the abuse is hinted at rat…
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Writing East Midlands @writingeastmidlands.com · 21d
BREAKING NEWS: New job role at WEM! 📢

We're hiring a Marketing and Admin Assistant to support our social media and marketing comms, as well as the day-to-day functioning of the wider WEM team.

If you're passionate about championing local lit development, we want to hear from you:
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 21d
Thank you.
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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 22d
This week in the poetry blogs with @victoriamoul.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @jwikeley.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @billymills.bsky.social 1/3
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Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 38
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 23d
He tried again, accusing me of "callously discounted the book... Perhaps silence suits you.  I mean all this for a new author trying to get recognized?  How good do you feel about yourself?  A credit to human kind thumbs up to you!" 

I think I made the right decision.
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 23d
Free piece of advice to anyone who wishes to source a book review: don't insult the reviewer.

Someone approached me wanting a review of a business book. I said I was not going to take up the offer (on a poetry book reviews blog).
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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iambapoet.com · 25d
**AUDITIONS NOW OPEN TILL SEP 27**

Want three of your poems with text and recordings of you reading them to feature in popular online poetry quarterly @iambapoet.com?

You now have just 7 days to audition for your place in a wave in either 2026 or 2027.

Good luck! 🍀

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Audition for poetry journal iamb in Sept 2025
Audition to be part of quarterly poetry journal iamb between the 20th and 27th of September 2025.
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 28d
My review of Jayne Stanton's Have they marked you with arrows? Poetry Space emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/h...
“Have they marked you with arrows?” Jayne Stanton (Poetryspace) – book review
Jayne Stanton Have they marked you with arrows book cover “Have they marked you with arrows?” is a cancer survival story from being recalled to the screening unit, through surgery (though without g…
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 29d
Delighted to see my poem in Fragmented Voices with thanks to the editors fragmentedvoices.com/2025/09/12/y.... Appropriately, I baked a plum crumble today.
Your Plum Tree no Longer Stands by Emma Lee
But the neighbour’s plum dropped a fruit that decomposed its seed, that got buried in soil removed
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 29d
This, sadly, is no surprise. I wish it was. Businesses need to do better and recognise bereavement is different from say a notification of a change of address. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s....
‘A lack of care’: how big companies still fail bereaved customers
Those trying to report a death can face bureaucracy, costly delays and other shocking mistakes
www.theguardian.com
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Emma Lee @emmalee1.bsky.social · 29d
Another set of curated poetry blogs to read with thanks to @davebonta.bsky.social
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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 29d
This week in the poetry blogs w/ @pearlpoet.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @saudaminideo.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social 1/2
www.vianegativa.us/2025/09/poet...
Poetry Blog Digest 2025, Week 37
A personal selection of posts from the Poetry Blogging Network and beyond.
www.vianegativa.us
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