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NEW RELEASE
The High Flight
50 Poems Inspired by Emily Brontë’s Hawk
Takes its creative inspiration from one of the few details known about Emily Brontë. It is believed she rescued then kept a Merlin hawk who she called Nero. Her bird of prey soars through history and the West Yorkshire landscape both quarry and predator.
Conally-Barklem explores what it means to be captive and to be wild, the condition of the falconer, its lore and mystery through the enigmatic Brontë sister who stands both inside and outside of time.
‘These are poems of great emotional power and range, examining Emily Brontë from quite a different perspective.
In a flood of ornithological and hawk lore,infused with the history and atmosphere of the Haworth Parsonage and a poet’s insight, Emma Conally-Barklem inhabits the moors and wild outdoors of her progenitor, elbow to elbow with her, and uses her own extraordinary talent to explore this world, but also to meditate on mortality. This is an astonishingcollection worthy to stand alongside the
writings of the Brontës’
JAMES NASH, poet and writer
SUBMISSIONS
Our next submission window will open for the month of March 2027 for publication in 2029. We will accept submissions of pamphlets (15-35 poems) and first collections (41-60 poems). Please send us a sample of ten poems from your manuscript as well as an introduction to yourself and your book. We ask that you purchase a book from our shop on submission. This will help us cover our costs as well help you familiarise yourself with the types of poetry we like to publish. When submitting your manuscript please confirm the book you have bought and what you thought of it. If buying a book will preclude you from submitting due to being on a low income please let us know on submission and we'll be happy to waive the requirement.
We pay real artists to work with us, we do not and will not use AI generated design for our books. We ask that you confirm you have written the work you submit to us yourself.
We are not interested in reading poetry that is bigoted in any way. We have a preference for ecopoetry but we are interested in all subjects.