Em Gray
She/her. Words in The Forward Book of Poetry, Propel, Mslexia, Strix, Arachne Press & more.🌱FTA. Dyspraxia. Foxes.
- Lovely to be shortlisted for Up//Roar. In this climate of much hatred and law (un)making damaging to queer lives, @arachnepress.bsky.social have a crowdfunder to support this timely publication... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/uproar-poe...
- Shortlist Up//Roar #poems of #Queer Resistance @hazardpressuk.bsky.social @rickdove.bsky.social @rachaelclyne.bsky.social @nathanevansarts.bsky.social @grizonne.bsky.social @em-words.bsky.social @jftherapy.bsky.social we are crowdfunding for production costs tinyurl.tools/8330fc82 continues
- Thinking there should be a world day of 'finding a #poet on social media and sending them a message of gratitude and appreciation for a poem they have written'. I have many in mind, and have only told a few.
- I have a new sad and angry #poem with Black Iris Poetry's 'poetry of breaking news' on instagram today, in response to the UK's possible plan to confiscate jewellery and other belongings from asylum seekers to pay for 'processing costs'. www.instagram.com/p/DRmfvV6jZwd/
- Reposted by Em GrayThis took courage, and makes me feel very vulnerable, but here I share some insights into how the recent Laika situation played out for me – along with a plea for more compassionate social media engagement. We need reflection, not retribution. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/... If useful: archive.is
- I so love Poppy Cockburn's poem from @perversemag.bsky.social - the cheery last line (like 'how are you?'/ 'Good thanks' exchanges when this isn't how one is feeling) versus the longing (I think?) of what precedes. I never watched Twin Peaks, but don't feel I needed to for this poem to resonate.
- The second poem in PERVERSE 9F is 'POSTCARD' by Poppy Cockburn. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9f
- A brilliant article - well worth a read.
- Lovely to have my lightbulb #poem out in the world today. Thank you, @perversemag.bsky.social 💡. Do check out the issue, and the archive - lots of gems.
- The first poem in PERVERSE 9F is 'The leaflet with the lightbulb says do not swallow' by Em Gray @em-words.bsky.social. Read all five poems in this section here: perverse.substack.com/p/perverse-9f
- I'd heard of a rare #squirrel a couple of times on local Facebook groups...and found him today - isn't he beautiful!
- My little UFO poem has found the perfect home with @atriumpoetry.bsky.social today - thank you so much to @clairewalkerpoetry.bsky.social for her patient checking of how-to-spell-teletubby too! atriumpoetry.com/2025/09/30/u...
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- Reposted by Em GrayThank you for reading and sharing today's poem - brassband by @niaandthepoems.bsky.social
- 1st October is the start of the annual #pheasant shooting season. I wrote this unpraise poem with these poor birds in mind. If you have a moment, please consider signing this @animalaid.org.uk petition to end the shooting of birds in the UK - action.animalaid.org.uk/page/135232/...
- 'These days, the only poems that really embarrass me are the ones that refuse to wrestle in some way with their own smallness and contingency—to acknowledge that a page of poetry is not the same kind of place as a town hall or a war zone or a protest or a poll site.' yalereview.org/article/mill...
- Such a moving read - how a small, lost dog resonates and captivates... www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
- This year's 2 cubs I watch from my window are growing beautifully, and now have their adult coats and eye colours. What a serene looking face this little one has 🧡
- Reposted by Em GrayWe celebrate the bull, believed to have escaped from an abattoir, that ran loose in Birmingham, yet almost everyone participates in the cruel and grisly trade in body parts which keeps abattoirs in business.
- Fox Villas news 🧡 - there are only two cubs this year, but they are beauties - a boy and a girl with lovely chunky legs to grow into. Here is the bolder of the two.
- Welcome, little one. Here beginneth #chick (gull-let? Gullet?) season.
- Honoured to have two poems in this beautiful anthology from @sidhepress.bsky.social. All proceeds go to The Sameer Project. The physical book is available from Amazon, and the ebook is just 5.99 Euros, and can be purchased directly from Sidhe Press here: www.sidhe-press.eu/product/to-l...
- Reposted by Em GrayI'm really sorry, but we just need to stop doing this. Your wood-burning hygge leads directly to people's deaths - other people's and perhaps your own. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Em GrayFrom last week: How Can I Make People Care? #Disability #CIADISH #NEIS louisekenward.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
- Reposted by Em GrayWow. We are over half-way there. So grateful for the extraordinary response to this appeal from our community. Thank you. We're starting to reach out to schools, plan boxes to send out, & get those books onto library shelves. Please help us spread the word! #poetry fundrazr.com/22Wg69?ref=s...
- Just reading the National Poetry Competition winners' anthology - love this moment of noticing by Matt Barnard, that feels like a rites of passage. poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/two-bo...
- Reposted by Em GrayHey poets! These are the words now banned or discouraged at federal agencies—on yer mark, get set, ✍️….
- #Poetry post joy this morning from @candlestickpress.bsky.social 💚 edited by the lovely Vanessa Lampert, and including my poem 'Symbiosis'. Much gently nourishing noticing here (swallows, a cat to confide in, a heart x-ray) and a humanity that is tender and relatable in this fragile world of ours.
- Loved this poem by Elaine Ewart in @atriumpoetry.bsky.social Dear collared doves and their three-twigged embracing of all that's precarious. And such poignancy in the 'without you'. atriumpoetry.com/2025/03/14/t...
- Exciting book post today. I was rapt by @jayfarley.bsky.social 's #poetry at a recent @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social reading, and moved by how they spoke of finding their writing/performing voice when discovering their non-binary identity at the age of 48.
- Reposted by Em GrayHappy Sunday! A new issue of FH just dropped! It's fantastic, even if I do say so myself. The gorgeous piece on the cover is by Shee, and you can read the thread to check out the featured contributors. Access the PDF, listen to recordings, and enjoy ❤️ www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue1-2025
- Glad to have a #poem in the new issue of @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social . Thank you to editor, Leia for all her care and work. www.fullhouseliterary.com/issue1-2025
- Keeping all crossed the abhorrence of fox hunting (which trail hunting is a smokescreen for) will be banned soon - and not understanding why it hasn't been banned already. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Struck by this poem by Jane Hirshfield...
