by Emma-Jane Barlow | Mar 2, 2014 | Poetry
Walking Stardust Breathing in the warmth of your skin, your eyelashes flutter like petals, sleeping. I stare into the dusty black room. Light creeps through the blinds. Hitting the wall with its luminous glow. A romantic feeling pulses through the layers of my skin. I...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Oct 20, 2013 | Poetry
Poetry is freedom. Poetry is emotion. Poetry will always be whatever you choose for it to be. It is hard to define poetry because poetry can be anything you want it to be. It can be one word placed in the middle of a page. It can be fifteen pages long if you want it...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Oct 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
I sit here now and I really cannot believe that I am in my final year of university. I know the journey is far from over but I feel like I can reflect back on my time at Edge Hill from this point and smile at how much things have changed. I have learnt many life...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Sep 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
‘Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.’ – Buddha I have heard many things when it comes to yoga and meditation and I have to admit it, I was definitely a sceptic. I refused to believe that sitting down and focusing on your breathing for...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Aug 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
I think this is the most confident I have ever felt about my writing. I currently have 8,000 words of my first novel drafted, it doesn’t sound a lot compared to the 80,000 word mark I am hoping to achieve but for me it is a big accomplishment. I tend to bore...