Emma Kate Gee

Joined July 2023

27 stories

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Thrift queen and photography peasant seeking creativity and community. Lover of dogs, antique stores, and homemade bread. Writing hard and clear about what hurts.

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Summer Stag
Blue Jay startles red rigid branch as Tufted Song weaves waves in clouded breath. Oyster Sun claws crystal sheen as Scooped Moon shies from blue star death.
By Emma Kate Geeabout a year ago in Poets
Half Metal
Pollen speckles my muckers, and my imagination rushes into the Dust Bowl. Some memory flickers behind my eyes, plastered there by words in a book. Floating dirt settles on a slab of steak, and yellow fog clouds canopy a sheer sky.
By Emma Kate Geeabout a year ago in Journal
Ashes. Content Warning.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
By Emma Kate Geeabout a year ago in Criminal
Don't Give a Crap
I gave myself a lot of rules in 2023. If you scroll back to the beginning of my measly excuse for a list of published stories on Vocal, you'll find very carefully curated poems paired with moody black and white photographs.
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Writers
Smooth is a Bad Day
Smooth is a bad day. Yeah, smooth sounds cute. But honestly? She's a nightmare. - Smooth is that pale light slipping through Wal-Mart curtains.
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Poets
Kiss No. 1
Stairwell after school. He grabs my jaw and I crash. His tongue's down my throat. - This senryu was written in response to the Snafu Senryu challenge issued by Vocal: "Capture the essence of an awkward moment in a senryu poem."
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Poets
Grocery Waltz
Supermarket rush. Narrow aisle. Buggies swivel. He laughs, "Shall we dance?" - This senryu was written in response to the Snafu Senryu challenge issued by Vocal: "Capture the essence of an awkward moment in a senryu poem."
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Poets
He Tried
He holds pink flowers. "For you. They match your prom dress." Nope. He's colorblind. - This senryu was written in response to the Snafu Senryu challenge issued by Vocal: "Capture the essence of an awkward moment in a senryu poem."
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Poets
The New Kid
Full bus on last stop. Puffer jacket or stress sweat? No one lets me sit. - This senryu was written in response to the Snafu Senryu challenge issued by Vocal: "Capture the essence of an awkward moment in a senryu poem."
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Poets
Critiquing Myself
I don’t have a thick skin. Journalists are supposed to. But I don’t. I don't handle criticism well. So, instead of criticizing someone else and hurting their feelings in a way that I know I don’t enjoy, I thought I’d start with myself. Let me thicken my own skin.
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Critique
Reinventing Poets
My high school creative writing teacher was a legend in our agricultural corner of the county. Well, she was to me. She drove a red Volkswagen Beetle and had two black and white French bulldogs. And she was an honest writer.
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Writers
Why the Vocal Community Scares Me. Top Story - August 2023.
Dear friends, I love Vocal. It's my latest happy place, second only to my local Goodwill, which I frequent far more often than I'd care to admit.
By Emma Kate Gee2 years ago in Writers

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Summer Stag

Half Metal

Ashes. Content Warning.

Don't Give a Crap

Smooth is a Bad Day

Kiss No. 1

Grocery Waltz

He Tried

The New Kid

Critiquing Myself

Reinventing Poets

Why the Vocal Community Scares Me. Top Story - August 2023.

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