Archive - Chris Emery · This writing lark

Doing It All Wrong

Why dropping out still matters

Jun 22 •

May 2025

On Poetry as Bestowal

I want to consider a poem as a ‘bestowal’.

May 5 •

April 2025

On Wonder: Why We Still Need It

📖 New Collection: Wonder

Apr 26 •

Ringing in the Changes

The bells may echo on Wall Street, but there's another tune to dance to

Apr 8 •

March 2025

February 2025

I shall write an ode to cheap stuff—

Feb 27 •

On Mark Waldron’s ‘Meanwhile, Trees’

The rescue of whimsy in the poetry of Mark Waldron

Feb 25 •

Forms of exile in James Sheard’s poetry

A poet of dis-location, exile and otherness

Feb 25 •

Walking the nine circles

Nothing makes you feel older than walking through wonderful filthy clubland on Friday night.

Feb 25 •

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