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Chris Emery · This writing lark

Chris Emery

Poems, articles on creative writing, plus features about the world of independent publishing.

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Carl’s Job

A job interview. Two men, nothing but talk, and a great deal going wrong underneath it. I like poems that can be spoken by someone who isn’t me – this one is almost entirely other people’s voices.

Carl’s Job

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20 days ago

Rooms

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Inside the sweet and charmless one, the filthy one,
the room with flies or night wasps singing far too high.
Shutterless and bleached and all-too...
20 days ago
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Minor Comedy

Everything a poet is supposed to want, said out loud. I wrote it partly against myself. If you have ever queued on the Southbank for somebody’s reading, you will know the queue I mean.

Minor Comedy

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24 days ago
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The Stuff Between Us

It may happen when you lift your collar, stepping through some truly bilious weather one Friday morning in November, watching pale commuters work the tough roads west. It may happen when you see your shit neighbours in hi-vis, honestly, the...

a year ago
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Doing It All Wrong

Sometime back, when social media didn’t exist, when there were no creative writing courses, no prizes or competitions to speak of (well, not outside of London) – I set out to be more serious about my writing. Now at some point, all writers...

a year ago
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  • Chris Emery

    Poet and book designer, born in Manchester, living in Cromer. Co-founder of Salt Publishing; formerly of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Five collections from Arc and Salt, most recently Wonder (2025). Poems, and notes on new ones.

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