Firebird by Em Strang Steph Morris humour and a decided fuck-you

humour and a decided fuck-you to fear

at age twenty

focused entirely on the event of how imagination finds words and rhythms that make certain mental experiences memorable

times and lives

this is a book to be treasured by Lear fans both old and young

Firebird by Em Strang Steph Morris humour and a decided fuck-youPublished July2024. Available for pre order. Firebird explores the fires of destruction and rebirth, both literal and spiritual. Each poem invites the reader to consider the necessity of mystery, where grief and joy, death and rebirth, stagnation and transformation exist alongside one another, exactly as they are. In two sections of ekphrastic poems, Em Strang engages with visual art by American painter and erstwhile nun, Meinrad Craighead, and