Emily Holland
Emily Holland (she/they) is a genderqueer lesbian writer living in Washington, DC. She received her MFA from American University. Their poems have appeared or are forthcoming in publications including HAD, Black Warrior Review, Nat. Brut, DIALOGIST, and Homology Lit. Their work has been supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and Sundress Academy for the Arts. Currently, she is the Editor of Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry magazine, and the incoming Chair of OutWrite, DC’s LGBTQ+ literary festival.
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Something About Routine
In the mornings, I shlep outside with muck boots and gloves, scoop three different types of feed into three buckets hanging from my arm, ask the farm cats to keep everyone behind their gates. The sheep bleat hunger, too consumed to notice lambs underfoot. Ducks and chickens flap and squawk, kick their eggs from roost […]