With My Lips Pressed to the Ear of the Earth

<p>With My Lips Pressed to the Ear of the Earth is a pamphlet full of secrets whispered stories and confessions. Things that are buried deep frequently bubble up to the surface. As the title suggests this is a pamphlet with a strong eco-theme and the poems tackle serious issues but never in a solemn way. These are inviting poems that delight in the strange and the surreal. The off-kilter approach can catch us off-guard at times making us think in new ways about nature and our own relationship to it.</p><p><br></p><p>These are poems with long roots inhabiting the present world of Airbnb Pizza Express and Heat magazine while also delving deep into a twisted pastoralism stalked by the ghosts of John Barleycorn and Robin Goodfellow along with resurrectionist mushroom men and women trapped in wells.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Emma Simon poet</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>First collection Shapeshifter out with Salt in 2023; The Odds winner of the Poetry Business Competition 2020; Dragonish the Emma Press 2017.</em></strong></p>