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Emily Skaja

@emilyskaja.bsky.social

Poet, professor, dog enthusiast. Author of BRUTE (2019) & BLACK LAKE (Graywolf 2026).

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The Poetry Society@poetrysociety.org.uk · last yr.

'Black lake, black boat,' by Emily Skaja was published in The Poetry Review Spring 2025, which is out now and available for purchase via the link in our bio, and is freely available to read on our website.

Black lake, black boat, by Emily Skaja. 'Black lake, black boat, black fog I can't find my way through. Black trees, black moon. I once knew the sky from the water. This course I remember, its narrowing. How I crept my way down the ladder like clutching the gluey rungs of a throat. I know you know how I've been. Like you, like blood sucked from a cut. A hot metal gash, a beat of alarm, too late. The water is listening. That's my name in its mouth.'
Ilya Kaminsky@ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · 2y ago

Friends & beloveds are worried abt what’s coming, from detentions to disruption of healthcare to denial of rights. Friends abroad are terrified too Know you are not alone. We are here for you—in any way we can Here is a link to a poem I go to when lost: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48501/...

The Envoy of Mr. Cogito

Go where those others went to the dark boundary for the golden fleece of nothingness your last prize go upright among those who are on their knees among those with their backs turned and those topple...

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