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Emma Lee
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Poet, reviewer, short story writer based in Leicester, UK. No DMs unless I know you IRL.
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My review of Julie Gardner's Remembering Five Leaves Publications: emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/r...
“Remembering” Julie Gardner (Five Leaves Publications) – book review
Julie Gardner Remembering book cover “Remembering” is an appropriate title for Julie Gardner’s pamphlet which collects memorial poems for her mother and her late husband (including a couple from he…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Today I was over in Scraptoft in Leicester, so took the opportunity to take my eldest daughter to the memorial I built in 2013 in memory of the 325th GIR, camped in Scraptoft from February 1944, and the 504th PIR, camped a few miles away in Evington from April 1944.
December 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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More great poetry blogs to read/follow with thanks to @davebonta.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Reposting to boost:
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BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media much at the moment, working hard on my new book, which I feel sure will be my best one yet when it's done! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Follow & repost to enter, and say which book you'd like & why. Closes Dec 5!
Graphic showing the covers of all 4 books by SF Said - Varjak Paw, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, Phoenix and Tyger - all illustrated by Dave McKean
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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My review of Julie Burke's Kindling from Five Leaves Publications emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/k...
“Kindling” Julie Burke (Five Leaves Publications) – book review
Julie Burke Kindling book cover Kindling is the twigs you use to entice a fire to catch. It may also be a metaphor for childhood, which is where Julie Burke’s poems start. They move on to adulthood…
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November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Another great curated list with thanks to @davebonta.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Remembrance Service War Memorial Homes at Scraptoft today www.scraptoftparishcouncil.gov.uk/news/2025/11...
Remembrance Service at the War Memorial Homes in Scraptoft
Councillors from Scraptoft Parish Council attended the Remembrance Day service, led by Father Martin Court of All Saints Church, Scraptoft, at the Memorial Homes on 8 November 2025. The service is org...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Sometimes getting a bunch of writers together is a fab idea (and not just because I was awarded with the Ena Young Poetry Award).
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Congratulations to all winners at the Annual Awards Dinner on 6 November! The awards mark achievements in publications, performance and the endeavour and support within a long-established writing community.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Embroidering Elizabeth Heyrick. How I created a cross-stitch of Elizabeth Heyrick's silhouette: www.elizabethheyrick.org/news/embroid...
Embroidering Elizabeth Heyrick
Only two silhouettes of Elizabeth Heyrick survive; one was recreated in cross-stitch.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Review Request etiquette: emmalee1.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/h.... Don't tag a reviewer publicly on social media: it's not just rude, it's a surefire way of getting rejected.
How to approach a Reviewer
I’ve had a few review requests over the past few months. Most, but not all, followed my review guidelines so I thought I’d give a few tips on how to approach a reviewer or editor to req…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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My review of Carrie Etter's Veer, Oscillate, Rest @shearsmanbooks.bsky.social emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/v...
“Veer, Oscillate, Rest” Carrie Etter (Shearsman Books) – book review
Carrie Etter Veer, Oscillate, Rest book cover “Veer, Oscillate, Rest” features Carrie Etter’s uncollected poems from 2008 to 2023 in one chapbook. Topics range from Trump’s first presidency, Brexit…
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October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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A fabulous list of poetry blogs with thanks to @davebonta.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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My review of Sarah James' "Darling Blue" @indigodreamspub.bsky.social emmalee1.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/d...
“Darling Blue” Sarah James (Indigo Dreams Publishing) – book review
Sarah James Darling Blue book cover Joint winner of the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize in 2024, Sarah James’ “Darling Blue”, interweaves ekphrastic poems with a fictional poetry narrative of l…
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October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Delighted to receive Southlight issue 38 with 2 of my poems (first stanza of one in the image below):
Cover of Southlight issue 38 Autumn/Winter 2025/26 with a collage of a swift, plus the first stanza of Emma Lee’s poem The Hollied House At one time it was an ordinary house on a typical street, the kind a family might grow up in, where a child might feel safe and valued. But then a bird planted a wild holly seed and it grew with thick green leaves.
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance
cartoony tiger face head-on, in shades of pink and yellow looks a bit sad. words read Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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#PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera starts Friday. Write into overexposure. Lights too hot. Love as theatre. Fame’s funeral. Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text. Sign up for prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
A professional film camera against a dusky pink background. Details like lens focus markings, cables, and a mounted monitor are visible. Top left: The Broken Spine logo. Top right: "@thebrokenspine.co.uk". Bottom text: "Read Repost Reply #POEMSABOUT #BURNFORTHECAMERA".
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The 1905 Shoemakers’ Walk is featured in the anthology “Welcome to Leicester” so good to see it featured in the Leicester Gazette.
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The 1905 unemployed march from Leicester to London
The 1905 march to London of the Leicester unemployed was one of the most momentous events in the history of the city's working class
www.leicester.news
October 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Delighted to receive issue 101 of Poetry Scotland with my poem Skin was an uncomfortable to inhabit.
Poetry Scotland masthead with the title of my poem showing.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Sad news: www.koreaherald.com/article/1059...
Baek Se-hee, author of 'I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki,' dies at 35
Baek Se-hee, the author of the bestselling memoir "I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki," has died at the age of 35. According to the Korea Organ Donation
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October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Thanks to the team at The Pixel Project:
thepixelproject.bsky.social The Pixel Project @thepixelproject.bsky.social · Oct 14
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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October 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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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.
April 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Another curated list of poetry blogs:
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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My poem up at Black Nore Review with thanks to the editor:
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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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.
October 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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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...
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM