Emily M Goldsmith (they/them) is a queer Louisiana Creole poet originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Emily received their MFA in Poetry from the University of Kentucky and their PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi. A Pushcart-nominated poet, their creative work can be found in or forthcoming from Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Moist Poetry Journal, Zaum, The Penn Review, La Creole Journal, Fine Print Press, Eucalyptus Lit, and elsewhere.
Marsh fires warmed the hands of the ancestors stored in my body, the warmth of a fire beckons me like an old friend. Out on open water, I know not to follow wisps wandering on the horizon like painted gold leaf. A glow catches the unsuspecting, pulling many down mysterious passes where no light can reach, not me. Beckoning the… Read more →
pour mon fantôme My grandmother moves to hospice: untreatable infection. For the last eighteenmonths, they have said she would pass away any day now. She lives past her deadline out of spite, an unusual sense of humor, but even shecan only dodge so many times before her string is plucked. We know this. The waiting room is a morning bog,… Read more →