Emily Benson

Bio: 

Emily Benson writes poems of humanity, longing, and nature. A former professional stage manager who now works in digital marketing, she has been writing poetry steadily through it all. She lives in Western New York with her husband, two sons, and their cat. 

2025 (Coming Soon)

Fair Trade - Wild Roof Journal

Mindful - HNDL Magazine

Camp - Deep Wild Journal

Qué Syrah - Bad Dates by Zaftig Press

2024

Flight - MoonPark Review

On the Question of the Happiness of Clams - The CryptoNaturalist Podcast

2023

Grief - Backwards Trajectory

Paddle - Deep Wild Journal

2022

Fall Away; Holes; Missing; Sleepless; The Ant - A Thin Slice of Anxiety

Moth - Literary Mama

Scar Tissue - Bulb Culture Collective

Endings - Lilac Magazine

Plummet - Gastropoda Lit Mag

Home Again - Moss Puppy Magazine

Gone; Thoughts on a Western Night - Lilac Magazine

2021

Loki to Mjolnir - The Daily Drunk Presents Marvelous Verses Anthology

Cold Front; Remembrance; Gell Center - Rundelania

Happy Birthday - Beyond Words Literary Magazine

Dance - Paddler Press

Lilith - Pastel Pastoral 

Gods - Blue River Review

Soaked - Moist Poetry Journal

Vigil - Sad Girl Diaries

2020

After - Five Minutes