Emily Strauss

Emily Strauss has an M.A. in English, but is self-taught in poetry, which she has written since college. Over 500 of her poems appear in a wide variety of online venues and in anthologies, in the U.S. and abroad. She is a Best of the Net and twice a Pushcart nominee. The natural world of the American West is generally her framework; she also considers the narratives of people and places around her. She is a retired teacher living in Oregon.

April 16, 2020

Poetry

‘Rumination’ & ‘Liminality’

the time between 'before' and 'next', a constant
transition that doesn't know when transformation
ends, a moonless night

we are ambiguous beings disoriented
by an in-between

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June 20, 2018April 16, 2020

Down to the Desert & At the Corner

At the Corner At the corner of Division & Reclamation where the town is split between chaos & choice, the edge where you look across the tracks toward dry sage-lined hills rounded against the straight rails, and the tiny mill

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Poetry

‘Rumination’ & ‘Liminality’

April 16, 2020

the time between 'before' and 'next', a constant
transition that doesn't know when transformation
ends, a moonless night

we are ambiguous beings disoriented
by an in-between stage like a rite of passage
paused, unable to name something

Poetry

Down to the Desert & At the Corner

June 20, 2018April 16, 2020

At the Corner At the corner of Division & Reclamation where the town is split between chaos & choice, the edge where you look across the tracks toward dry sage-lined hills rounded