by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 10, 2020 | Poetry
A treacherous hurricane, spiraling out of control. A fire, alive with light, burning too bright. A blur of making the impossible, possible. a haze of anxiety, dead on my feet. Worries on my pillow, expectations to meet. My mind, teeming with images of my impending...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 10, 2020 | Poetry
Darling, I’m not going to lie to you. I won’t fill your mind with quixotic fairytales, vacant promises and jubilant dreams. I’m not going to hold your hand, reassure you, tell you that your life will be ideal, it will be complicated. That is the truth. You will...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 5, 2020 | Poetry
Beneath the twilight,under the gaze ofthe watching moon,in the presence of atrillion stars,I made a wish for youto be mine,a decade has passedand our hearts stillbeat as one. – EJ ©Emma-Jane Barlow, all words are my own. FOLLOW MY POETRY INSTAGRAM...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com A few months ago, I was pondering the idea of posting my poetry online. For me, poetry has always been a solitary activity. I would scribble rhymes and metaphors onto paper, close my notebook and I would never read it again,...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | May 15, 2020 | Blog
We are living in uncertain times at the moment. What better way to unite people than with the power of poetry? One of my writer friends had an idea to create a pandemic poetry collection and raise money for charity. She asked me if I wanted to contribute and of course...
