Emily Stout

Emily Stout is a poet and essayist from Washington state. She is currently pursuing an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College.

“Enchanted One” and “On Loneliness”

How can two words capture the magic of such a creature?
How can a name hold the essence of anything? I wonder, cradling
huckleberries from the bush, how to express the way my hands
are left a misty purple,

Issue 36, April 2020

Emily Stout

Emily Stout is a poet and essayist from Washington state. She is currently pursuing an MFA at Sarah Lawrence College.

“Enchanted One” and “On Loneliness”

How can two words capture the magic of such a creature?
How can a name hold the essence of anything? I wonder, cradling
huckleberries from the bush, how to express the way my hands
are left a misty purple,

Issue 36, April 2020

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