emma conlon is a poet, musician, and educator based in the d.c. metro area. her debut poetry collection, changing of the tides & other poems, was released in 2022.
changing of the tides & other poems
written between 2018 and 2020, changing of the tides grapples with themes of love and loss, grief and hope, growing up and letting go.
changing of the tides is the debut poetry collection by poet Emma Conlon. in three sections, “high tide”, “low tide”, and “changing tides”, the poet guides the reader through the tidal waves of first love, the hurricanes of heartbreak, and the painful process of picking up the pieces and putting yourself back together.
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love letters
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just as it always promised
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warrior
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da capo al fine
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places I've searched for myself
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do you remember
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between
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riptide love
with every piece, I could taste more and more of the salt in the air, sea foam curling around my ankles… [the poetry] is rich with oceanic imagery… reading sea songs was like the ocean coming home to me.
— kait quinn on sea songs by emma conlon
