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Poems – Emily Blewitt
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The instructor tells us. Imagine you’re on the telephone, holding. An ice cream with the other hand. Get into your fighting stance. You have four scoops. Strawberry, chocolate, rum and raisin,. Mint choc chip) so don’t drop. Your guard. We’re not pretending we’re ninjas here. But you have to breathe like one,. Push the air between your teeth and clench. Those glutes. Now jab. Cross jab cross aim for the solar plexus,. Ribs, chest. Upper cut to the chin, if you do it right. Bob and duck when you have to.
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December 2014 – Emily Blewitt
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Let me tell you a ghost story…. December 16, 2014. December 16, 2014. Or perhaps a few inexplicable extra pounds? The mystery intensifies one night when we are lying in bed and Greg feels me tap his shoulder forcefully. But it’s not me – I am lying next to him with my arms stretched behind my head, half-asleep. I have no idea what he’s talking about. Ozzie is tucked in between us, also apparently asleep. Episodes. We forget about the ghost. Through their plastic packet. 8216;Twas the night before Christm...
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Publications – Emily Blewitt
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I’m thrilled to announce that my debut collection of poetry,. This Is Not a Rescue. Is forthcoming with Seren Books. You can read my poetry (and a heap of other interesting poets’ work) in the following publications:. The Forward Book of Poetry 2017. September 2016): ‘This Is Not a Rescue’ (Highly Commended). July 2016]: ‘Burry Port’, ‘Devouring Jane’, ‘Not Lost’. Spring 2016]: ‘The Changing Habits of Women’, with Rebecca Parfitt. Winter 2015]: ‘How to Marry a Welsh Girl’. 8216;Gifts from the Crows’.
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A gilded kingfisher diving blue – Emily Blewitt
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A gilded kingfisher diving blue. February 2, 2015. February 2, 2015. Photographic proof – albeit of poor quality! A photograph of a kingfisher taken by a proper photographer. There are plenty of bird poems out there to enjoy, from the obvious. To the unusual. There’s Maya Angelou’s caged bird. And Emily Dickinson’s hope. There are love poems like Craig Arnold’s ‘Bird-Understander’. And the deliciously acerbic ‘Feathers’. By Lorraine Mariner (one of my favourites). Rhian Edwards. H is for Hawk. Emily Blew...
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October 2015 – Emily Blewitt
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October 8, 2015. October 8, 2015. Invariably, I’ve learnt to write that first sentence – to be unafraid of its imperfection. I’m lucky. I passed my exams. That first sentence now can be written, and. I’m happiest when I am writing, and it’s usually through writing that I work out what it is I’m trying to say. The ideas come (partly, at least) through their expression. I have a long runway, but once I get going, I can fly. The Weather in the Streets. I’m thrilled, and excited, and grateful. Cramps your he...
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New Beginnings – Emily Blewitt
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October 8, 2015. October 8, 2015. Invariably, I’ve learnt to write that first sentence – to be unafraid of its imperfection. I’m lucky. I passed my exams. That first sentence now can be written, and. I’m happiest when I am writing, and it’s usually through writing that I work out what it is I’m trying to say. The ideas come (partly, at least) through their expression. I have a long runway, but once I get going, I can fly. The Weather in the Streets. I’m thrilled, and excited, and grateful. Cramps your he...
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February 2015 – Emily Blewitt
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A gilded kingfisher diving blue. February 2, 2015. February 2, 2015. Photographic proof – albeit of poor quality! A photograph of a kingfisher taken by a proper photographer. There are plenty of bird poems out there to enjoy, from the obvious. To the unusual. There’s Maya Angelou’s caged bird. And Emily Dickinson’s hope. There are love poems like Craig Arnold’s ‘Bird-Understander’. And the deliciously acerbic ‘Feathers’. By Lorraine Mariner (one of my favourites). Rhian Edwards. H is for Hawk. Join 662 o...
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April 2015 – Emily Blewitt
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April 27, 2015. April 27, 2015. Reading in Chapter Arts Centre. I have also been reading my poetry in public. I was asked to read with some other. Before ending on a happier, funnier note (I can’t remember which poem I ended on, but I certainly included ‘When I Think of Bald Men’ and ‘My Colours’. In the final section). I love it, and was keen to read more of his work, so I now have a beautiful copy of. The Probabilities of Balance. It’s simply a matter. While being true to himself,. As well as giving her.
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Let me tell you a ghost story… – Emily Blewitt
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Let me tell you a ghost story…. December 16, 2014. December 16, 2014. Or perhaps a few inexplicable extra pounds? The mystery intensifies one night when we are lying in bed and Greg feels me tap his shoulder forcefully. But it’s not me – I am lying next to him with my arms stretched behind my head, half-asleep. I have no idea what he’s talking about. Ozzie is tucked in between us, also apparently asleep. Episodes. We forget about the ghost. Through their plastic packet. 8216;Twas the night before Christm...
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June 2014 – Emily Blewitt
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June 20, 2014. It was just over a year ago that my mother turned to me and said, ‘Emily, what you need is a baby – or a cat’. For instance, once I had a panic attack and the first thing I said to Greg was ‘I don’t want you to panic, but I’m having a panic attack. I feel bloody awful’. See the problem here? That’s the kind of learned behaviour I’ve had to reprogramme. Now, I aim to say ‘I feel bloody awful. I’m having a panic attack’. I’ve learned that. We have no idea whether they’ll let us adopt a...
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